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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Mass shootings of the broadest category (600+ last year, up from 400 the year before) are a big part of the violent crime wave that has become a huge election issue in the U.S. 70 per cent of Black Democrats (compared with 34 per cent of white Democrats) say addressing violent crime should be a top priority of government in the next year - presumably because they’re exposed to it far more often.
So what’s your plan for reducing gun violence in the next 12 months in communities awash in illegal handguns?
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I'm no expert, but as a layperson I'd start by cutting supply.
Stop the flow of guns currently entering the market. Enact regulations to make buying guns harder.
Then a buy back program. Something that would make it worth your effort to sell then back. 1.5x or 2x it's value. Something like that.
Get those out of society. Buy back is no questions asked. You'd be getting legal and illegal guns off the streets.
It'd be a start.
What next? Not sure, I'm not going to solve this issue watching Stranger Things, drinking a beer on my couch, one Sunday evening.
But baby steps are better than nothing.