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Originally Posted by transplant99
in the US alone...there are already over 300,000,000 guns in circulation.
There are dozens and dozens of countries elsewhere that manufacture them.
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It would take a lot of time, naturally. But if America were to close down all domestic gun manufacturing plants (yes, I know, not feasible and won't happen, so don't waste my time arguing) it would dramatically inhibit the introduction of new fire arms to society. After that, you would need a long term campaign of buy-backs, voluntary surrenders and other attrition-based models to reduce the number. It's not a problem that would be solved overnight, but which would require a long time.
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Not to mention there is a constitution that inherently allows and encourages guns to be in the hands of citizens.
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Nope. In fact, the Supreme Court of the United States only re-invented the Second Amendment in this fashion within the last decade.
District of Columbua v. Heller in
2008 was the first time the SCotUS disconnected the "own guns" part from the "well regulated militia" part.
That was itself the culmination of four decades of lobbying and bribes designed to push American constitutional law in that direction. And what the Supreme Court has made, it can unmake as well.