The best way to ban guns and knives?

Simply need to step in to say that "weapons" aren't banned in England. Anyone can possess a shotgun as long as they have a comfortable place to hold it and no crook historical past (and no clinical that will mean they shouldn't manage firearms); these are classed as "part 2" firearms. At 14 you could apply for a "part 1" certificate which would allow you to possess single-shot centre rifles, semi-computerized .22 rimfire rifles, and/or shotguns with a higher magazine (section 2 is restrained to a 2 shot magazine) as long as the identical standards is met, furthermore to being a member of a gun membership. "Banned" weapons are classed as "section 5", and involves all totally-automatic firearms and most pistols. It is still viable to get a licence for them, nonetheless it could take first-rate circumstances to take action (which reductions many of the common public). Fully-automatics have been there for a very long time, but pistols have been simplest introduced about 10 years in the past. The federal government at the time failed to want to 'ban' pistols, but the media and public at tremendous made the sort of fuss after the Dunblane bloodbath that they easily had to; there would most likely were riots in the streets if they did not... Meanwhile all of the gun owners exceeded over their "weapons" peacefully. Now we have, although, banned some knives already; balisongs, automatics, gravity knives, push daggers and relatively a few more. It's already unlawful to hold a some thing in public with the intention of making use of it as a weapon, and we have had legal guidelines towards murder considering legal guidelines began... Doesn't discontinue it taking place. New laws are not going to make any change. EDIT: instead of most pistols, and all completely-automatics, that are de-facto banned, i wouldn't say most other guns are banned 'in follow' in any respect. You don't have to supply any justification, have land or membership membership or some thing else to own a shotgun. Any person can have one if they need, you just want a gun-trustworthy (lower than £a hundred for a normal model), no crook history, and no medical situation that would make you dependable to fits/seizures etc. It is just that most city-people do not see the need in spending money on anything they may never use (a gun) and they also do not bother purchasing them; but most folks can have one if they desired. Other weapons (rifles, antiques, black-powder and so forth.) are handy enough to get certificates for too for those who desired.

Well not to seem like a constitutional jock here or anything but 2nd Amendment is what paved the way to the free America we know of presently. The second amendment allowed states to have a well established, well maintained militia and the citizens to have weapons for defense, hunting and in case of there ever being a government over taking. The founding fathers of the constitution wanted to save future generations from the same suppression they felt back in the 1600 and 1700's when they were only colonies.

I shoot weapons for recreational purposes and hunting and I have never imagined harming an individual with one of my weapons unless someone dared to step foot on my property with intent to kill one of my loved ones. They allow home owners to feel safe but without the proper training is when things go astray. All of my weapons are in a safe except for the shotgun for home defense under my bed but even if an individual managed to get into it they all have trigger locks on them. People often don't realize the responsibility they are taking up with firearms and they misuse them and often others sadly have to pay the consequences for their actions. As for the knives, I have a machete I use in order to clear out behind my house with a 15 inch blade on it, is that considered a weapon also in your eyes? Nothing is truly an assault weapon until it is used with intent to harm another, just for your information though, more individuals were killed with blunt objects last year then they were with hand guns. You can't look at everything from a negative perspective, you need to look at both sides and rationally weigh the consequences.

People like me would just claim they where stolen while keeping them safely at a relatives house. By the way are you restarted? This will never be a communist country, you make me sick. If you don't like our amendment rights I suggest you move to Japan or some other tree hugging country. Psychos will always find a way to kill, a chemist could go to walmart and buy everything needed to make a bomb big enough to completely demolish a small hospital. The U.S. is considered the most powerful force on the planet for a reason, one reason is because its civilians are almost as well armed as its military. The bad guys will always have weapons no matter what laws are passed, why make outstanding citizens pay for their crimes?

Ill tell you what, if you can convince the whole world to give up their guns, including criminals to turn in their fire arms, then I'm with you. Obviously this will never happen. Banning guns and knives would only disarm law abiding citizens. Banning guns would give criminals the green light to do what ever they want to do. They can break into any house, without fair of being shot. Their are so many unregistered guns in the U.S., you criminals and gangsters are not going to give up their guns. Since those guns are most likely unregistered anyway, the goverment wouldn't know about it and, not pay any bill at all.

That is unconstitutional, the second amendment "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". Not to mention that if you buy a kitchen knife set, you would have to pay a "utility bill".

That actually does seem like a feasible idea, except the knives part. We need kitchen knives for steak, etc. But it actually seems much better than banning guns altogether.

Not going to happen, NRA has a very powerful lobby and successfully fights any idea of decreasing weapon sales.

The wheel is still spinning, but the hamster is dead.

Seriously, is this guy for real?

yeah.... because that really keeps people from spending money on iPhones when a $50 pre-paid will do just fine...

i have a better way - make it mandatory to own one, then everyone will ***** about being forced to buy a product

so now you want me to pay a tax on my chef's knives?