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Originally Posted by ikestoys
There are plenty of things we could be doing to drastically lower gun violence that don't involve taking away constitutional rights, and in fact, actually increase freedom. Do those things, and I'll consider jumping on board with gun control platforms.
Sure, there are plenty of things, but the heavy regulation (which I acknowledge already exists) of who can purchase firearms is neither the problem nor the solution. Limiting the definition of a legal firearm helps, but I also acknowledge that handguns are the primary source of gun violence.
That said, we lose nothing by isolating legal firearms to basic classes of hunting rifles and handguns and stand to gain by tracking arms with devices which also allow for them to be remotely unusable.
After a certain grace period for the law to kick in, all firearms without the devices will be contraband. Federal buy backs would then likely greatly raise the black market prices, making it more difficult for illegal arms to be acquired.
Even if the majority of gun violence is committed by people who are unable to purchase a gun legally, it would then be more difficult for those who commit violence with the legal arms. It isn't a panacea, but nothing is lost by this.
Legal arms are registered and people who don't register with a tracked arm will have their guns confiscated. It is already illegal to not report a firearm stolen anyway, right? Or is this not true?