I never said that it magically erases them, but it would greatly reduce the amount of innocent people that are randomly shot to death and eventually when people run out of ammo and they can't buy anymore, we'll just have to worry about mass stabbings, which are a hell of a lot easier to deal with. I live close to St. Cloud, MN where the Somali went on his jihad quest with a knife. no one died. much rather deal with that.
Great. Until then we can bury the corpses of every innocent defenseless person killed by an armed criminal in your back yard.
This is kind of a silly argument because there is literally no solution other than wiping out the entire human race that will stop innocents from being shot overnight.
No matter what action or inaction is taken, it's going to be an "Eventually" before things get worse or better. It's a lazy rebuttal and a weird thing to express that you won't accept a solution that isn't instant. You might as well not accept any treatment for disease or illness that doesn't cure you overnight
Nope.
Both short and long-term measures need to be taken. Banning guns does absolutely nothing in the short term, so what is the solution in the meantime while we wait for the long term solution to be effective?
I agree 100% with putting measures in place to prevent the wrong people from getting guns. Tighter screening processes, better access to mental healthcare, etc. Shit that I have already laid out ITT.
But NONE of that, while it is absolutely necessary and should be sought after, is immediately effective. So what is the short term safeguard? The ability of defense, that's what.
in my proposal, you and your guns would be grandfathered in. you'd still have ammo to defend yourself in case of an attack. but like I alluded to, i believe most crimes are committed with guns that were recently purchased. I wouldn't worry about the grandfathered in guns being used to kill you.