Its also very unfortunate that we seem to have similar goals, yet disagree about the nature of the obstacles to achieving them.
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I respect you for at least feeling strongly about improving the world, however misguided I feel your views are (I'm sure you feel the same way about mine haha)
Indeed. Its a complicated fuckin issue, especially because of our cultural differences. I not only worry about the backlash to a gun ban(which would be sooo violent and unpleasant), but also the several years of adjustment that criminals would have a free hand. Our law enforcement is insufficient even now at stopping under the table gun trades and sales from our borders. I garauntee that the only people a gun ban in my country would currently effect is the law abiding citizen, and it would put them in serious danger. Perhaps in the future something like this would work, but there will still be the hunting and sports shooting complaint.
I said it before, and i'll say it again. I am 100% for reasonable gun control which could have positive results in my country. I suggested the gun license scenario, as I think that would take care of a large percentage of the accidental injury and death cases, while at the same time giving people better skills to deal with an armed criminal.
I have confidence that this would neutralize a large chunk of gun violence in my country. The other part of the problem is a social one, and it has possible roots in the way parents are raising their children, education, pharmaceuticals, and many other obscure things that I could not begin to understand nor offer a solution to yet.