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87. Who said anything about criminalizing anyone?

The people I've known who shot someone weren't threats until they were. The couple owned a riding stable, my ex's friend was a househusband who made bookshelves for sale.

Would a buyback criminalize anyone? Would making it difficult to buy a deadly weapon criminalize anyone? What about permits and background checks and a requirement to carry insurance and take safety classes to maintain a gun owner's license? Would cracking down on gun show loopholes and private sales criminalize anyone? What about keeping guns out of the hands of toddlers so they can't shoot mommy at Walmart?

I'm hoping that someday guns will be as obsolete as X-ray machines in shoe stores and radium for health and happiness.

Would I like to see a giant pile of guns melted down? Yes. Do I think it's going to happen? No. Do I understand why people think they have to have guns in the first place? No. Absolutely not.

There may be a big rush to buy more guns after every school shooting but there's also an increase in the number of people who think we need stricter gun laws. We're 55% according to Gallup polling:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/19/poll-support-for-stricter-gun-laws-jumps-up-just-like-after-sandy-hook/

Maybe we can outraise the NRA moneywise.