They can’t control the criminal element’s possession of illegal firearms, so they go after citizens’ right to own firearms to protect themselves. The answer to illegal possession of firearms may be as simple as “ Use a firearm to commit a crime...10 years at hard labor...no probation...no parole...no color TV...no internet....no pool tables...no exercise equipment....etc.
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One thing that will apparently be legal to do, may be to require registration of the guns we are allowed to have in our homes. Of course, many will be against this, but on the other hand we need to ask ourselves if we want the police to be able to track the path of guns used in crimes, which is what registration facilitates.