Why does anybody need more than 7 bullets at a time?

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42. You make some good points.

First, I do support buy back programs as part of the answer. I'm not sure what you consider a "good chunk", but 10% might be an attainable goal - I haven't seen any $ numbers, but it is a substantial amount I guess.

You have a good point about guns and their lifespan in criminal hands. But it doesn't restrict the existing "legal" supply waiting to be criminalized. I could still support lower mag capacities on new sales and manufacture, but not on existing handguns.

I still think we should focus legislation on possession and transfer of firearms, rather than technical capabilities in most respects, as a way to solve our problems with gun violence here. Part of that should involve registration and reclassification of firearms into more types, with appropriate sales and transfer fees. If we want to get guns off the street we need to make the black market gun culture unprofitable.