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Ruark wrote:No mention of how they'll get gang members, criminals, etc. to turn in theirs....

VoiceofReason wrote:No insult intended to the OP or anyone else on this thread but I didn’t bother to wade through all that blather. Pure fantasy. They are screaming the loudest right now because they are starting to realize they are going to end up with the exact opposite of what they set out to accomplish.

I remember when I didn’t even dream there would be a day I could legally carry a gun on me, let alone in a holster on my side for the world to see.

The left started off trying to ban all guns and made a little progress with “assault weapons”. They started pushing harder and the backlash started to build. Now we will have “campus carry” and we have reciprocity in all but a handful of states.

They see the writing on the wall and are suffering some sort of mass breakdown. All they have left is their fantasies and they are withdrawing into that world. They just try to write or say something every now and then to make gun owners angry.

ELB wrote:I don't know whether that is a sign that they are losing their grip and know it, or they think they are close enough to having enough power to shed the façade. I guess those are not completely irreconcilable explanations.

Let's get serious about what it will take, for "meaningful steps" to actually BE, meaningful steps.

Otherwise, let's skip to the chase and admit: "It's all just window-dressing, and political payback to the NRA."

What has to go?
All magazine fed, self-loading firearms.
Yes, that means handguns too.
Yes, that includes your 4 shot Remington hunting rifle.

Yes, that includes rigid controls on police firearms.
Your 5 shot revolver can go home with you officer, your 17 shot handgun stays inside the armory of the police station. Armory, not your locker. Signed-in, signed-out, via proximity card reader, with real-time computer controls at the State and Federal levels.
Did you, officer, have a domestic violence incident at home?

Go door-to-door with your list of gun purchasers, and get access to the guns. A massive VIPR-like sweep.
No gun? Where is it?
Who has it? Where's the paperwork? No gun, no paperwork?
You're coming with us... the weather in Cuba is fine.
Sadly, it appears the nationwide cell phone network is down, unless you're using a government contract cell phone.
Yes, surprise is key.

A 1 year Amnesty is offered. If we have to come for it?
It will be with lethal force. Suicide-by-Cop.
It's a price, it's paid once.