Originally Posted by ChristianArp
But might it perhaps be possible to 'downgrade' the sort of guns owned by members of the general public?
Surely it should never be necessary to have anything more than a handgun for the purpose of home protection, and yet I recently came across something on the telly:
An episode of Sons of Guns (TV-show, I know, but hardly a farfetched fantasy), a man walks in with a revolver and asks for repairs to it, as he had just acquired it from somewhere, cant remember the story of it.. Well, anyway, he is asked what he needs it for, 'Just home protection', and the next thing you hear: 'Have you thought of a shotgun?'. So we now move from a handgun to a shotgun to protect our home? Why does that sound like more of a business decision than a security assessment?
I understand that guns are most likely part of US society, so the only possibility must be reduction as opposed to complete removal.