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drray23

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28. like they did in australia

Reply to MarineCombatEngineer (Reply #18)

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 07:57 PM

Oct 2022

institute a buyback program where you are given money for weapons ( foe example assault weapons if they were banned ) you hand over, no questions asked, do that for a year or two or whatever time frame is deemed adequate.

After rhat period if you are found in possession of one such weapon you get prosecuted. Police would not have to go door to get the weapons , it would happen when dealing with other crimes.

Australians did it successfully and they still can have hunting guns of course.

Here is an article about the effectiveness of the approach .

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/essays/1996-national-firearms-agreement.html

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