Originally Posted by JCL

On that note, I read in one report that the US currently has over 15,000 laws on the books related to gun control, between local, state, and federal. I don't know if that is the right number, but assuming for a moment that it is......

Could the focus change from implementing gun controls (which appear to already have been implemented thousands of times) to improving gun control (as the current laws don't appear to be doing enough)? That could involve a reduction in regulations (on a count basis), with corresponding reductions in cost and bureaucracy, while actually improving gun control effectiveness. Not saying this would be easy, but one of the refrains is, smaller government. It seems to me that tighter and more restrictive gun controls (satisfying one segment of the population) could in fact result in a reduction in the size and cost of government. And no, this isn't my Utopian vision, just a comment for discussion.