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Marrah_G

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9. Banning guns is not going to happen

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 01:31 PM

Jan 2013

So we need to look at other means of regulation and safety.

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ok guys one more try..what can be effective on curbing gun violence [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2013 OP

You can't retro fit older guns so what upaloopa Jan 2013 #1

in some cases you can backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #3

so what stops us from offering backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #5

I want to keep my old single action .22? upaloopa Jan 2013 #17

keep it backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #20

That's ok I don't want more guns I just like to upaloopa Jan 2013 #22

How about a voluntary one for one trade nick of time Jan 2013 #11

EXACTLY backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #16

And the money could come from the bloated DOD budget. nick of time Jan 2013 #18

EXACTLY backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #21

Set up a buyback program - entice people to part with the old ones. n/t backscatter712 Jan 2013 #25

Would That Not, Sir, Require Removing Existing Guns from the Pool? The Magistrate Jan 2013 #2

Or Better Yet, Throwing Them Into One? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #15

I think that there would have to be a way to retrofit existing weapons Marrah_G Jan 2013 #4

I have posted MANY times elsewhere backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #8

Chopping down the trees to see the forest zipplewrath Jan 2013 #6

Banning guns is not going to happen Marrah_G Jan 2013 #9

you arent going to ban guns backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #10

300 million zipplewrath Jan 2013 #24

so we should do nothing? backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #26

No zipplewrath Jan 2013 #29

no ...we should offer the new smart guns straight up backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #32

How would that work? Taverner Jan 2013 #7

yeah there are some prototypes already out there backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #12

could it be overriden? backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #13

True. IT would reduce numbers Taverner Jan 2013 #14

RFID would be how I'd do it. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #28

I like the fingerprint better... Taverner Jan 2013 #31

RFID tags can be encrypted. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #33

And I can beat encryption Taverner Jan 2013 #35

The brute force approach... How much time have you got?? backscatter712 Jan 2013 #40

Loaning out the tag... backscatter712 Jan 2013 #42

When it works, I'll be interested. aikoaiko Jan 2013 #19

they are close backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #23

There's no technical reason why this technology wouldn't work. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #27

We need to hold accountable irresponsible ownership!! Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #30

^^^This^^^. nick of time Jan 2013 #36

Legalize pot, mandate its use demwing Jan 2013 #34

Weapon Shops of Isher One_Life_To_Give Jan 2013 #37

Sure biometrics would work, but what about the millions of guns Rex Jan 2013 #38

Probably best start witht his is putting it on the free market Johonny Jan 2013 #39

And the militias and the gangs will all come in and trade in their untraceable guns DevonRex Jan 2013 #41

The main drivers of all violence are the drug war, poverty/lack of opportunity, and women being TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #43

Legalize drugs. That will solve most gun violence. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #44