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For those of you making overtures of gun confiscation, you might want to think through that notion in more depth.

Here's what you're facing. There are about 100 million gun owners in America today, they own, conservatively, over 600 million guns. Further, many of those guns aren't "known" by the US government or any other government. For example, the BATFAE maintains that there are 260 million firearms in America, a figure that they've not changed appreciably in at least 3 decades despite the fact that 5 to 8 million new or newly introduced firearms have been sold every year of that time period. Guns have what is considered a permanency far beyond most tools, many operate as intended and are well over 100 years old.

If gun production were outlawed, there would be thousands of "instant" gunsmiths turning out firearms made from car parts removed from any wrecking yard in America. These would be at least as effective, and likely more effective, than those being sold today. Submachine guns are easier to make than expensive semi-automatic pistol are. Anyone with a drill press, and a few other hand tools can make 20 to 30 of them in a week. Essentially, how to make a gun is a well known process, and cannot be eliminated no matter what the law or Bill of Rights says.

Further, since, unlike almost any other group, gun owners are armed; do you really think it's a good idea to even talk about confiscation of guns, which registration actually is?

No, I'd say not.