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In reply to the discussion: Why anti-gun laws will never work in US [View all]Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)There are people here who call for that, but a far as I can tell none of them are elected officials. The question here is what can we do to protect the public. Limiting classes of weapons defined as "assault weapons" due to related characteristics and limiting the size of magazines are realistic regulations. I would also require all gun owners to maintain liability insurance on their weapons. Doctors, psychologists, and psychiatrists could be required to contact authorities if anyone appears to be a danger to themselves or others. They are already required to do that in many cases anyway. Just as someone can have their license to drive revoked if using some drugs, guns owned by people could impounded.
The argument that the government is going to take everyone's guns are falacies, since no one with power to legislate is suggesting that.