No they can’t-not while criminal felonious gangs have AK47s, and there are people who want to do harm to others-they are needed for self defense. Beyond that they are needed to protect against invasion and tyrannical governments.
If a person stepped on a nail and the wound became infected, and they had a fever. Would the appropriate treatment be to take an aspirin for the fever? No the cause of the fever has to be treated.
The gun is not the cause of the problem. People are.
Deport people who are here illegally especially violent ones, incarcerate violent criminals and keep them locked up, and change the culture back to Father knows best and the Beaver-where problems are solved by discussion, and not blowing someone’s head off.
And stop giving susceptible youngsters SSRIs that can cause homicidal ideation. Find a test that tells whether that side effect is likely - especially for kids. Monitor all patients on them closely, especially at the beginning, end, or change of medication.
Further more, stop the media circus all day long and hours per day-deny the attention seekers their claim to fame - just encourages copy cats. That’s my 2 cents.
I like your two cents.