Gun control supporters, be honest: Your only effective tool is confiscation

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 06/07/18 | Bill Gravlin

[AlaskaErik]

Molon labe.

[buffaloguy]

Wrong on so many counts. 130 million gun owners will disagree and change your government to a more conservative mould. How would your current legislators survive the electoral career massacre?

They wouldn’t.

[The Toll]

Effective and starting a civil war.

[The Toll]

No you can not have my civilian sporterized replica of a 70 year old infantry rifle.

[Joe Bfstplk]

A Charley Reese quote:

If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.

I miss Charley.

[ClearCase_guy]

36,000 firearm deaths each year nationally

Not sure I accept that number. But, if they try for confiscation, the number of firearm deaths will be substantially higher. Big time. I think the number of job applicants for the job of "confiscator" may dry up entirely. Dangerous way to make a living.

[Wildbill22]

And just for sake of argument, we do confiscate every single gun in the country. And the government never does use it’s power unjustly, hard to imagine, but humor me...

-we then have these prison battle hardened gang banging evil doers who do nothing but kill and do pushups for years before they get out of prison,,, and you are home alone. No gun.
Sorry, but size does matter with no equalizer like a gun. Women and children, and weak and elderly will be more vulnerable than ever.

But the left is materialistic in their orientation. The inanimate object (gun) has a moral quality in their twisted view, but more to the point, it makes us peon people controllable.

[PapaBear3625]

You want to reduce homicide rates? Jail or execute more felons. CRIME DATA: 90% of “Victims” Have Prior Criminal Records. Most homicides appear to be thugs killing other thugs.

[TigersEye]

The only way of making the millions of guns already in the possession of millions of Americans less accessible is with the “C” word: confiscation.

That is a fairly accurate view of the equation from the POV of those who espouse gun control but it rests on a deliberately faulty premise that is not worth arguing with.

If reducing violence is the goal then reducing access to firearms is not the solution. But it is clear that reducing violence is not their real goal it's simply a political hook they are using to promote a ban on civilian firearms ownership.

[CopperTop]

Seems I've heard that somewhere before... d;^)

"..Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy.."