Ok you say that *should* be possible. Is this based on any knowledge of what's been tried and passed constitutional muster?
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California is trying the heavy taxes approach, and fighting that in the courts right now. Requiring home visits by law enforcement is unlikely to pass constitutional muster. Waiting periods exist and are one of the most proven effective methods of reducing certain kinds of gun deaths
aug 29, 2025, 7:29 pm • 156 1 • view
Now the issue is waiting periods only reduce some kinds of gun deaths. They don't really stop for example dedicated spree killers or terrorists but they can reduce deaths from people who are suicidal or domestic abusers acquiring a weapon in a moment of passion
aug 29, 2025, 7:31 pm • 170 1 • view
Once you finally succeed in writing a law that selects for high performance rifles your reward is blowing the ghost gun problem sky high.
aug 29, 2025, 7:47 pm • 0 0 • view
A whole 'nother issue is the raw # of these weapons already floating around the country. The only country I'm aware of that actually manage to handle this is Australia (successful gov't "buy-back" program, because Aussies don't share our collective death wish -- or at least they didn't back then)
aug 29, 2025, 7:49 pm • 0 0 • view
So we need rhe US to do what it does best, steal a black persons Idea and Chris Rock this shit. The guns will STARVE.
aug 30, 2025, 12:50 am • 0 0 • view
I spent literal decades explaining why the AR-15 was banned and the Mini 14 was not, and how they are functionally equivalent, and why the legislation must be specific and encompassing...
aug 29, 2025, 7:44 pm • 1 0 • view
Waiting periods work just fine for legal purchasers who have been "thinking about doing something" for months or years. Additionally there are plenty of weapons that can be borrowed or stolen.
aug 29, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
do we know if offering eye-wateringly high payments for people to hand in their guns would work?
aug 29, 2025, 8:45 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm not sure we've even tried sustained periods of mediocre payments. When I've looked at buyback programs in the past, I think they only lasted like three days at a time
aug 29, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
And do nothing for those who take/borrow/steal guns from their friends and family
aug 29, 2025, 7:52 pm • 1 0 • view
And worth noting: ~60% of all gun deaths in the US are suicides. Preventing as many of them as possible is a very valid and noble intent for gun control!
aug 29, 2025, 7:41 pm • 3 0 • view
I could easily see them stopping quite a few school shootings. Making someone wait weeks, and truly confront what they’re about to do, doesn’t get enough credit for potentially causing people to chicken out.
aug 29, 2025, 7:35 pm • 9 0 • view
I feel like the biggest problem facing a lot of American issues is the concept of the Constitution as an inviolate monolith that must only be worshipped, never changed. Y'all need a new foundational document if you want to unfuck some of these issues.
aug 29, 2025, 7:45 pm • 5 0 • view
Great news about the Constitution: it was designed to be amended!
aug 29, 2025, 9:39 pm • 0 0 • view
This take feels a little dated. It turns out Americans can stop caring about the constitution whenever we want.
aug 29, 2025, 10:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Preaching to the choir.
aug 29, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
Hypothetical limit for all weapons sold to single action, non-semi-auto with required minimum force or travel distance to re chamber a round. (FRTs etc prove that trigger pull quanta is nonsense method of measurement)
aug 29, 2025, 9:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I agree that waiting periods are a good stop Gap approach that prevent the vast majority of gun deaths, suicides. I do still think they're a stopgap but stop gaps are better than nothing. while I want broader regulation gun control advocates should take what we can get where we can, pragmatism wins
aug 29, 2025, 7:36 pm • 2 0 • view
It was found in Canada and Australia that suicidal males who were unable to obtain firearms hung themselves instead, so it's disingenuous to say that lack of access prevents suicides. It prevents suicide by firearm.
aug 29, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view
suicide by firearm is much more dangerous than other methods because of its almost guaranteed success. there's a reason we banned the kind of stoves that you could stick your head in and asphyxiate yourself. ease of action is very important in suicide cases and hanging yourself isn't as easy.
aug 29, 2025, 7:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Studies do not bear out the idea that reducing access to firearms reduces suicide rates. Studies do not show this, AT ALL. You do not reduce suicide rates by reducing access to firearms. You reduce the rate of suicide by firearm.
aug 29, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Yes I was specific when I said "gun deaths"
aug 29, 2025, 7:45 pm • 5 0 • view
This is flatly untrue. Studies show clearly that you can reduce overall suicide rates by restricting gun access, and people do not simply switch to other methods.
aug 30, 2025, 12:00 am • 1 0 • view
This is flatly untrue. Studies do not show that. There are other variables at play than whether people who commit suicides have firearms, and those variables are *not* independent. Go learn some probability and statistics.
aug 30, 2025, 12:14 am • 0 0 • view
I thought you were simply misinformed but you're clearly idealogically invested here, have a chill night.
aug 30, 2025, 12:19 am • 1 0 • view
Here's a start for you. www.scribbr.com/methodology/...
aug 30, 2025, 12:25 am • 0 0 • view
In particular, you cannot analyze the effect of a change in state law by using the population of another state that did not make that change as a control group. What has always been found to control suicide rates is social circumstances, not the availability of "easy" means.
aug 30, 2025, 12:30 am • 0 0 • view
help prevent*
aug 29, 2025, 7:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Nope, not in the US anyway. There are blueprints abroad, but I’m certainly no conlaw person to speak on feasibility.
aug 29, 2025, 7:30 pm • 0 0 • view