Gun Confiscation Reference April 2013

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April 21, 2013 Huffington Post: Gun Control? We Need Domestic Disarmament https://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/gun-control-we-need-domes_b_2718536.html
Gun Control? We Need Domestic Disarmament headshot By Amitai Etzioni … A true liberal position, the place to start, is to call for domestic disarmament. That is the banning of the sale of all guns to private parties coupled with a buyback of those on the street (Mexico just moved to so control guns). Collectors can keep their guns as long as they remove the firing pin or fill the barrel with cement. Gun sports can be allowed -- in closed shooting ranges. And hunters can be allowed to have long guns (if they pass background checks) with no scopes, which are not sporting. But, these exceptions aside, liberals should call for a gun-free nation and point out the much lower murder rates and fewer deaths due to accidental discharge of fire arms found in those civilized nations where most guns have been removed from private hands -- and often even from those of the police. Let the conservatives, who, of course, will reject such a policy, however strongly it is supported by evidence, tell us what they are going to do about gun violence. Improve mental health services? A good idea, assuming they will vote for the required spending, as well as recognize that there is no way such an improvement will make more than a marginal difference given the difficulties in both diagnosing who is prone to violence and in treating those individuals. Limit violence video games? Let them show that such a measure would make a difference. Enforce the laws on the books? Let them remove the blocks they have put in place to prevent these laws from being enforced. A good place to start: Let Obama appoint a director for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. … Amitai Etzioni is proud to announce that he just made the NRA anti gun enemy list. For more discussion see his book My Brother's Keeper. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/amitai-etzioni/gun-control-we-need-domes_b_2718536.html

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