[Farren]

Yeah but if the law simply said "Give up your firearm. Period. Or we arrest you" people don't have too much leeway. Sure, there would be an interim period of insecurity while the law shuts down supply chains and roots out firearms in criminal hands, but history is full of situations that were perpetuated because of the fear of short-term consequences - and as a result societies suffered far more in the long term.

Besides, if truth be told, how many times has someone pointed a gun at you during the commission of a crime? I've spent most of my life in one of the most violent cities in the world and the only time I've ever had a gun pointed at me was by a crazy-assed drunk biker outside a nightclub when I asked him to stop pointing it at his friend who he was pissed off at. Sure, I know prolly around ten people (edit: probably more like 15-20) who have had a gun pointed at them but police statistics suggest they would be far more likely to get shot if they had a gun and tried to use it instead of just handing over the car, money or whatever.

I should think it should be better in the States and if it is, as far as I'm concerned the short term insecurity is worth the relatively small risk.

Oops crosspost