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In reply to the discussion: Most gun violence in the US is not from mass shootings. Some truth and an honest question. [View all]MrModerate
(9,753 posts)And accessories: automatic and semiautomatic rifles (and perhaps pistols) and high-capacity magazines. Things for which civilians have no reasonable need but which are really effective killing machines in the hands of crazy people.
Looking to the future, we could mandate reregistering every legally-held firearm in the US (not including those deemed nonregistrable) and, after a given date, any other firearm would become flatly illegal and subject to immediate seizure and destruction. Eliminate private sales (only from federally license outlets) and put deliberately crippling regulations on firearms manufacturers to turn off the tap of new guns. This would allow the law-abiding to keep their weapons while gradually drying up illegal supply.
Personally, I'd go farther, but the above would be a great leap forward and might even be politically plausible.