re: #20 Pawn of the Oppressor

You go ahead and let us know how that works out. I don’t think you’re aware of the magnitude of the numbers. To say nothing of the legal issues…

The only possible way to reduce the numbers of these things in circulation is legal and cultural: reduce demand by increasing barriers to ownership, make storage requirements mandatory, ban componentry outright, and somehow make millions of men examine and question their self-image. Some of these things can be done by mortals, others would require divinity.

I also kind of like the idea of government buy backs for banned weapons. Not a compulsory thing like the Australians did but a discreet yet open free market method to sop up the excess supplies at gun shows. It would take a while but would eventually jack up the prices so very few could actually afford them.