>>>>>Do you really think Federal confiscation of at least 700 million guns is feasible? Are you seriously proposing this is a solution for the situation as it exists?
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>>Was more thinking on eliminating the guns taken along for the evening: american dependance on cars would help a lot.
>>Living in Frankfurt I was controlled sometimes twice a week at start - and the level of guns found was dropping
>>sharply as was the usage in day2day personal conflicts happening in public places.
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>I think you are referring to what we call "stop and frisk" laws, allowing police to use either checkpoints ( like we have at airports) or 'reasonable cause" stop and search for weapons - with VERY heavy penalties for carrying without a permit.
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>I think they have been found very effective and I certainly don't have a problem with them if they are done professionally.

They erected checkpoints at neuralgic streets and bridges - as that was before internet and mobile phone,
avoidance was a matter of seeing the checkpoint at a point when not already in single direction lane.
As to professionalism: I was not happy with Uzi pointed at me as the driver,
knowing very well from service time they had a tendency to go off by itself or minimal jostling.
But not really the situation to argue with the guy holding the potential noise maker.

They caught the most of first main group in less than 2 months, but kept up with controls
at slower pace. About 3 dozen killed by RAF - but across about 20 years that is not that high,
showing by the reaction that they had indeed touched a nerve.