Reply #70: It would take decades to be effectively implemented, and it would never be perfect... [View All]

[El Pinko]

...but the eventual result would be far fewer handguns on the streets, and people would still have the right to defend themselves with rifles. It would definitely result in significant decreases in murder rates and could be logistically accomplished, although imperfectly because the US is not an island.

Your point about "other weapons" is a strawman.

Handguns with their unique combination of deadly firepower, concealability and the ability to kill at a distance make them uniquely efficient for killing.

Knives, bows-and-arrows, clubs, nothing really compares to the handgun -that is why the vast majority of homicides are committed with them.