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In reply to the discussion: A serious question about gun control- Isn't it too late? [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)Serious problems deserve serious solutions...
IF a real difference is to be made.
Maybe it's time to ban possession of certain guns and devices too.
Make the penalties for illegal possession severe enough to make 'law-abiding gun owners' think real hard about breaking the laws and keeping them. Make the penalties for illegal use of any gun even more costly and mandatory.
People will be faced with making a choice between the very real possibility of serious jail time or feeling good that 'I still got mine though I can't ever use it'...we'll see how it goes. Think that a great indent will be made.
"A person that wants a gun", even bad guys, will NOT find it so simple to get one when there just aren't that many around.
Unfortunately most drugs and alcohol are physically addictive, guns really aren't.