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Same with illegal firearms. Sure, once in a while they'll offer a reward for turning in illegal guns but otherwise, they don't even make much of an effort.
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This statement above is once again focusing on the wrong aspects of the debate.
Society needs to target PEOPLE who commit crimes with a firearm. Firearms are inanimate objects and without a human hand to use them, they are ineffective. Targeting the firearm is useless in a society where there are over 200 MILLION of them, and who knows how many illegal ones.
Society neeeds to make the punishment severe, swift, and certain when a PERSON uses a firearm during the commission of a crime.
The government needs to get much tougher on first time offenses and senetnce them to a minimum of 10 years, no parole. A second time offender needs to be sentenced to a minimum of 20 years no parole, and a third time offender to life.
Only then will crimes involving firearms be reduced because the perp will know when he is caught, he goes away for a long, long time.