>To start, I'd do several things:
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>1) not allow individuals to own assault weapons;
>2) limit gun sales by number/frequency;
>3) provide lots of incentives for people to turn in weapons they already have and destroy those to keep them out of the illegal weapons market.
>
>In the long term, I'd work to change the culture (which I guess I'm doing just by participating in this conversation) to make owning guns other for hunting less acceptable.
>
>Tamar

Add one. Our government takes heavy taxes for personal guns.