We're all done talking about your rights to use guns.

Who are done with the sanctimonious chest-beating of the anti-gun zealots.

Are you sure you have the hearts and minds of 50% of the population on your side at this time?

I doubt it.

Everybody on DU wants to end gun violence, and there are some very strong disagreements about what will and won't actually do that.

...for my 100 year old 1908 Model Colt Hammerless Auto, and where will the money come from? I've owned it for over a third of it's total age, and it's appreciated considerably as a mint condition antique since then.

If the answer is "nothing", then I gave it up it years ago to settle a gambling debt. See how well a utopian ban on private gun ownership will work out?

On edit, a lot of good democrats hunt or have collectible firearms. Not everyone on the left shares your vision:

You have bought into the "they're gonna take our guns" meme so much that you can't think rationally anymore.

I pity you,

it's a bleak holiday for their families, no?

..then I'm on your side. I agree that federal background checks, and even waiting periods should be reinstated. The NRA has been too successful in rolling back common sense legislation that ensured only those with good intent buy a gun.

Since I haven't bought a gun for myself in 20 years, I've been happy to abide by every regulation ever written to obtain lawful ownership, including the 5 day waiting period.

I don't fear anyone's going to take away my couple of guns, and indeed I spend a great deal of time trying to convince my conservative friends, who turned on democrats because the NRA told them Obama's jack booted thugs are coming for their guns and sending them as slaves to FEMA camps, that they're worrying about a fund raising fantasy, so fuck your pity.

I simply challenge anyone who demands a civil ban, as you seem to, to explain how such a logistical nightmare can be achieved. I don't think a national "throw your guns in the trash day" would be very effective.

Is that rational thought, or do you have your own plan to rid the country of 300 million guns?