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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Banning firearms on whatever level is crazy, because it can't work.
There are anywhere from 300 million to 1/2 BILLION firearms in America currently in private hands. There is "paper" (purchase and ownership records) on only a very small percentage of these firearms, 10% to 15% at most. It is only recently, in the history of this nation, that the government began requiring background checks on weapons, and there no record at all of sales before those requirements went into effect. Those guns could be anywhere.
OK. For the sake of discussion, let's say the federal government requires all citizens to turn in their firearms. Just how many of those 300 million to 1/2 billion firearms will be dutifully toted in to the nearest collection station and handed over? Well, we can assume that those in ILLEGAL hands aren't going anywhere. And the legal ones? Maybe 5% at most. Almost certainly less.
OK. So the government saddles up law enforcement and sends 'em out to collect the guns. It calls on the people that records show have been purchased by them. But (surprise surprise) just about all of the guns aren't in the possession of the original owners. They're lost, sold, junked or whatever the story is. Forcible searches with metal detectors, etc., will turn up a fair amount. But barely a blip on the radar. And the guns with no "paper"? Would law enforcement go to every house owned or rented by every American to conduct such searches? Two answers come to mind. No way and no how.
Even back in Minnesota, where blue is the primary color, I knew several LEOs who stated unequivocally that there would be no way they'd engage in such a search. They're sworn to uphold the CONSTITUTION, not the government. Quite a number of military apparently feel the same way. There'd be no quicker way for the government to instigate armed conflict than to try to take the guns away from the legal owners. And the government, despite all the caterwauling and hoopla, knows it.
So--let's deal with reality, instead of pie-in-the-sky bee ess.
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Totally agree with your statement.
I would also add that IF/IF the gov. ever got froggy enough to assume they could TAKE/confiscate everyone's firearms, they would be causing/creating millions of new criminals in America. Because, there would only be a small minority of scared citizens that would allow the law to take away what little protection one has today. Yep, there would be MILLIONS of new criminals in the country, made from honorable, decent, normally law abiding citizens. I dare say that America would see what a REAL insurrection looks like. Not just a group of rambunctious, over eager protesters.