>>You can have gun laws (background checks and registration) implemented in just a few months and start seeing results quickly.
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>What results would you expect to see?

Well - seeing how the FBI denied 72,659 attempted gun purchases in 2010 based on red flags raised by the background check system we have now, I would expect that trend to continue when the other 1/2 of the guns sold actually result in a background check. By the way, nearly half of those application denials were due to felony indictment or conviction, while 19% of the applicants were fugitives and 11% were those who had violated state laws. Plus of course since the guns would be in a database it would..ya know..help the police solve crimes. Now I understand that only a handful of those 72,000+ were prosecuted - but it still was effective because that's 72,000 fewer criminals that didn't get a gun.