>>Speaking of which... if guns are banned, isn't then anyone carrying one immediately breaking the law? Then, "only criminals would have guns" becomes "anyone with a gun is a criminal", which would give the law enforcement a simple way to arrest them without too many legal hurdles. I just don't see our friend John mentioning this anywhere. Must be something with American legal system that would make this line of thinking useless.
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>Uh...yeah. It would suddenly make millions of otherwise law-abiding citizens such as myself wanted criminals. I'll pass, thanks.

Hey, it's not me who's making the laws around here. I presume, if there was ever such a law, that there would be some buy-back or any other transitional program. Or if it was registration, there'd be a temporary amnesty for those who'd like to register their paperless guns.

But, you know, there was such a law already. The prohibition - millions of law abiding boozers suddenly became criminals, and didn't even have the chance to pass.