*sigh* Here we go again...
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I was thinking I wouldn't have to expound on my previous post but it appears I will have to.
As I see it, you're not going to get rid of guns. It's entirely too pervasive in our society to do that. So what are some potential solutions? I'll entertain anything. Chris Rock may have been on to something when he said allow anyone to buy any gun they want, but charge a few thousand dollars per bullet. He may have been joking, but if you think about it, if you make it cost prohibitive, you might curtail some of the frivolous shootings. Of course, there are some obvious economic ramifications and logistic nightmares coming our way if this idea were implemented, but I think it would have an effect.
Another solution is to change the technology of the gun. Colt was in the prototype stages of a gun that will have RFID's as part of the safety mechanism but due to lawsuits levied against Colt ala big tobacco company, Colt has said it will quit selling guns to the civilian market. Link here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_7_52/ai_61242179/pg_1
This is not an unique idea: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5946840-description.html
The article says that the technology is cost prohibitive, but I (as a gun owner) says such is the price you pay. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, not the right to cheap weapons. Of course this is not a short term solution. It would take decades to get rid (and you never really could) of the old guns and replace them with the new tech. Criminals will still have access to guns that don't have the technology but they are far fewer than your average John Q. Public. And the public would not be "at the mercy of the criminal element".
Just my thoughts
I was thinking I wouldn't have to expound on my previous post but it appears I will have to.
As I see it, you're not going to get rid of guns. It's entirely too pervasive in our society to do that. So what are some potential solutions? I'll entertain anything. Chris Rock may have been on to something when he said allow anyone to buy any gun they want, but charge a few thousand dollars per bullet. He may have been joking, but if you think about it, if you make it cost prohibitive, you might curtail some of the frivolous shootings. Of course, there are some obvious economic ramifications and logistic nightmares coming our way if this idea were implemented, but I think it would have an effect.
Another solution is to change the technology of the gun. Colt was in the prototype stages of a gun that will have RFID's as part of the safety mechanism but due to lawsuits levied against Colt ala big tobacco company, Colt has said it will quit selling guns to the civilian market. Link here: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_7_52/ai_61242179/pg_1
This is not an unique idea: http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5946840-description.html
The article says that the technology is cost prohibitive, but I (as a gun owner) says such is the price you pay. The 2nd Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms, not the right to cheap weapons. Of course this is not a short term solution. It would take decades to get rid (and you never really could) of the old guns and replace them with the new tech. Criminals will still have access to guns that don't have the technology but they are far fewer than your average John Q. Public. And the public would not be "at the mercy of the criminal element".
Just my thoughts