How to stop gun proliferation in the US

[guillaumeb]

51. Two points:

First, Armed citizens as the first line of defense?
That sounds like a "Red Dawn" fantasy scenario. How about the armed Texas citizens who impeded police response? That, it seems to me, is far more likely than any armed mob suddenly and spontaneously cohering into a directed force.

Second, there has been some research done that points to a possible connection between economic inequality and violence. Canada has far less income inequality. Part of this is a progressive tax system that can better fund services. Part, a social part, is that Canadians do not feel that government is the enemy. I still find that bizarre, living here, that many Americans apparently feel that their fellow citizens become "the enemy" if they work for the government.