Reply #9: If the crime and murder rate does increase...

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The politicians will have the opportunity to attempt to enact legislation that would reinstate the assault weapon ban and some new legislation such as:

1) Regulate bullets and eliminate the sale of hollow point rounds.

2) Ban semi-auto handguns and limit gun ownership to only revolvers (similar to Washington D.C.)

3) Astronomically increase taxes on ammunition making it basically unfordable for the average citizen.

4) Require all new firearms to micro stamp fired cases.

Of course, these ideas if passed will have little or no effect on the crime rate, but they will allow the people we elect to look like they're doing something. Meanwhile they can avoid addressing the root causes of the problem, the main one which would be the economic collapse. The underlying causes of crime are very very hard to solve. I sometimes wonder if our elected officials are capable to addressing them.

But you will have the opportunity to engage in many more entertaining discussions with pro-gun posters on DU.