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Originally Posted by oscer
The biggest Problem with that is our Police departments cannot afford to protect every single citizen. If we had a nationwide gun ban that would mean the only people with guns would be the Police and Criminals. This is a bad mixture .. someone robs your house shoots you cause they feel like it , you have no means of defense.
Right now its a even playing field ..
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By banning firearms, I mean for police as well. We have the technology for nonlethal tactics to be used in almost all situations that call for guns to be used, assuming there are no other guns being used against such nonlethal tactics. Even with guns, the nonlethal technology we have available measures up fairly well.
The problem with that is, of course, it's very expensive for some of the more advanced nonlethal technology to be issued to all law enforcement officials across our country.
If we issued a national ban on all firearms, law enforcement included, and then issued lifetime prison sentences for even 1 weapons violation, I think we could soon rid the country of all weapons. A country our size, with no firearms, would be a much safer place to live than a country our size with all the firearms we have today.
This is all a fantasy of course. It would never happen, or go so smoothly. It's a nice thought though.