It’s not even like you need to ban guns, you can still hunt or shoot targets with a shotgun or nonautomatic rifle, but what you can’t do is spray into a crowd or pull out concealed pistol and shoot someone.
The cops get less antsy as they’ll be able to see if you have a gun, mass shootings go down as you can’t shoot as fast and people have longer to cover/disperse, and yet you can still do the vast majority of legitimate things with them.
Automatic riles are already illegal under the NFA, with only 1980’s and older examples allowed for sale at all with extensive background testing and $200 tax stamps. Since the supply of old automatic guns is small, they cost tens of thousands of dollars and as such just aren’t used in crimes.
Cops don’t get less antsy when they know you have a gun, they get more antsy. It’s because of “us vs. them” warrior cop culture that tells cops everyone not a cop can and will kill them, and that they need to fight to survive every day. It’s dangerous bullshit.
Also, concealed carry for self defense is also a significant legitimate thing people do with guns, you are just characterizing hunting and target shooting as the only “legitimate” things to do with guns.
It’s not even like you need to ban guns, you can still hunt or shoot targets with a shotgun or nonautomatic rifle, but what you can’t do is spray into a crowd or pull out concealed pistol and shoot someone.
The cops get less antsy as they’ll be able to see if you have a gun, mass shootings go down as you can’t shoot as fast and people have longer to cover/disperse, and yet you can still do the vast majority of legitimate things with them.
Automatic riles are already illegal under the NFA, with only 1980’s and older examples allowed for sale at all with extensive background testing and $200 tax stamps. Since the supply of old automatic guns is small, they cost tens of thousands of dollars and as such just aren’t used in crimes.
Cops don’t get less antsy when they know you have a gun, they get more antsy. It’s because of “us vs. them” warrior cop culture that tells cops everyone not a cop can and will kill them, and that they need to fight to survive every day. It’s dangerous bullshit.
Also, concealed carry for self defense is also a significant legitimate thing people do with guns, you are just characterizing hunting and target shooting as the only “legitimate” things to do with guns.