What I don't ever hear discussed is that if the manufacturing and sales of guns were outlawed tomorrow, and after some wimps turning in their weapons, there would still be 10's of millions of guns and billions of rounds of ammunition that still exist. Guns are a very durable product as are cartridges; both can last decades if properly stored.
You also never hear the socialists discuss the fact of a black market from imported weapons/ammo. Think how well the war on drugs has worked out. Drugs still come in.
Plus, they never discuss how they would enforce a total ban. There will never be enough resources for house to house confiscation in a population of some 80 million gun owners. Registration won't work because millions simply won't do it, so BATFE and other agencies just wouldn't know who owns what, except for the few informants they can corral.
My partial solution -signs in all places where people gather in mass, and/or your own home:
From Jeff Jacoby
An Op-Ed columnist and nationally recognized conservative voice, Jacoby was hired from the Boston Herald in 1987.