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Late-night shooting at popular outdoor mall in Miami suburb leaves two dead, 7 injured
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Yea it's the NRAs fault and all the other gun groups fault for gang violence, and we can totally get rid of 450+ million firearms because we know that criminals who aren't allowed to have guns in the first place will turn them in.
And please ignore every other country who has done this successfully. Illegal guns are extremely easy to have in the US specifically because guns are everywhere. The enormous effort to track which one's are allowed isn't working.
America is the only first world country with this daily problem.
Australia had a 60% turn in rate on their 1 million firearms in civ hands when they did their forced confiscation. Do you know what 40% of 450+ million firearms is? Do you also want to start a civil war by telling the police, that kill 1k of us a year, to go forcefully into everyones homes to confiscate them?
You don't have to go forcefully into anyone's home.
Ok, so how do you plan on getting rid of the few hundred million firearms that won't be turned in?
You ban firearms:
Year one and two: firearms can be turned in to the authorities for a rebate. Possession of a firearm or ammo is a misdemeanor resulting in the confiscation of such, with no further action. Use of a firearm in commission of a crime carriers a harsher penalty. Trading firearms attracts a fine.
Year three to five/six: as above, but possession now arracts a fine, increasing year on year starting as an inconvenience, ending as quite punitive. Trading firearms arracts prison time. Guns and ammo can be handed in anonymously, no rebate/reward.
Year six to ten/fifteen: as above, possession is now a criminal offence, with jail sentences starting at a few months, increasing year on year to serious jail time, commensurate with civilised countries. Trading attracts harsher sentences.
Good luck with that.
https://lemmy.world/comment/9172927
Again, good luck with that. There are more guns now in Australia than before the 1996 ban...