You seem hellbent to shove that position onto me. I am not saying and have not said that there are no possible proposals. Propose one, and let's discuss it. I might have missed it but I don't think there has been one proposed on this thread, just a vague assertion that it's blatantly obvious that this is a quantity of guns problem. I think that's demonstrably false.
Proposals which are tolerable to me will be ones which will address the problem and which are feasible or at least possible. Legislation like the assault weapons ban fails the former; calls to ban guns fail the latter.
Yeah, handgun ownership increases suicide risk by a lot. What's your proposal to address that?
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the principle question to you is whether you're willing to inconvenience yourself to potentially save someone's life. Is this not at odds with your personal ethics? What if you're wrong about the impact it could have on someone's life?
It bothers me not at all to inconvenience myself to save a life. What bothers me is inconveniencing myself in such a way that won't save someone's life. You seem to be missing that. The issue is the efficacy and practicality of the solution.
There is a simple truth here that the uncountable and utterly overwhelming majority of people will never, ever, ever take a gun to school and shoot a bunch of kids. If whatever thing you do makes it harder for them to do anything, but doesn't actually prevent a person who is not in that category from obtaining a gun and shooting a bunch of kids, it's a waste of time and energy.
Here, think about it this way. I don't know if you own a gun, and for the purposes of this conversation it doesn't matter. I am going to charge half of the people in this country an extra five cents per gallon of gas they buy in order to prevent school shootings. Are you in favor or against this? I mean, surely you must be for it, right? After all, the principle question to you is whether you're willing to inconvenience yourself to potentially save someone's life. Don't your personal ethics demand it?