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by yellowapple 3179 days ago
"Anyone that knows gun owners know this is exactly what will happen."

I know dozens of gun owners. I know full well that there would be no "gladly" about it.

"Eventually the guns in society will go away."

Yep, because declaring a law totally causes all the criminals to take a step back and say "hey man this is illegal so we shouldn't do it".

Black markets will always exist. Smuggling will always exist. There will always be some way for someone to obtain a firearm. Hell, in this day and age of 3D printing and DIY projects we're already starting to see folks working toward homemade firearms.

Gun control in this day and age is - at best - a temporary solution. Actually figuring out why people are so motivated to kill other people and addressing those reasons is much more viable as a solution that's actually somewhat permanent.