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As a non American I can't see a simple solution to the problem, guns are already abundant so banning them won't magically make them disappear, attempting to sieze them would probably cause a dark stain (ala Boston massacre) in the countries history and you've got to deal with the fact that the USA only exists because they had the fire power to make it so which is ingrained in a lot of people.
I wish there was a magical solution but I fear its a choice between a slow, turbulent transition or a quick, brutal, bloody change.
Really well put. I do often think both sides tend to jump to extremes. But as always, the best solution probably lies somewhere in the middle
The solution is to address underlying issues.
It's actually very simple. Neither party is willing to do it.
I would say gun control is worth legislating but its actually not the main issue. The main issue genuinely is the mental health and the structure of society creating powerful and complex emotions in everyone: distrust, apathy, anger that is hard to place. And these emotions are a breeding ground for either radicalizing (left) or making extremist (right) and these white dudes with comversative family backgrounds and turning to far right political beliefs rather than facing these complex feelings.
We could certainly stop selling them or ammo, but the powers that be won't do that
If we can't get rid of drugs, I'm skeptical we could get rid of ammo, either.
You'd be surprised how little people need illegal drugs when their basic needs are met, but that's another convo.
With a population of 100's of millions of people, small changes can lead to noticiable improvements. Especially in the medium to long term view.
There never will be a perfect solution, but there certainly is a lot of room to improve from the current status quo. And that road consists of thousands if not millions of tiny steps.
Well, key difference would be that it's pretty tricky to make ammo in your house, and the demand for ammo isn't enough to justify the smuggling costs for most of the country.
It's kinda like how, despite having issues eradicating drugs, we have successfully inhibited the market for fully automatic weapons, lawn darts, kinder eggs and countless other things that aren't addictive or at least inebriating.