Reply #7: More-better prohibitionism?

[SteveM]

"A new report from the National Safety Council indicates that accidental firearms-related fatalities remain at record lows, and accidents involving youths continue to decline significantly.

"Firearms-related fatalities fell 40 percent between 1995 and 2005, the greatest decrease in percentage of all measured types of accident fatalities in the U.S.

"All this occurred at a time when American gun ownership is at a record high -- more than 290 million guns owned and 47.8 million households having at least one firearm." -- Outdoor Life, May 2007, p. 12.

Your "modest" proposal relies on massive, wide-ranging prohibitions which require rethinking our 'relationship' with the entire society, esp. since we both know how prohibition works. "Rethink" alcohol, abortion, gay sex, drugs, tobacco, etc.

I am not sure how "letting" hunters have full-length rifles is related to prohibiting "cut-offs." I usually wear full-length pants in brush country.