What I'd like to see happen is: 1. Licensing guns and their sales, including required training. I liken this to license required around cars / alcohol sales.

What I'd like to see happen is: 1. Licensing guns and their sales, including required training. I liken this to license required around cars / alcohol sales. 2. Closing background check / re-scale & licensing loopholes. 3. Requiring additional insurance from gun owners. 4. Local control over the remaining aspects (can cancel out above mandates). I don't think you entirely get rid of guns even if all of them are illegal. And the US is a big country that encompasses many diverse areas with competing interests. This scenario accounts for the country / NYC divide. It admin that it does require more from the folks in the country (licensing / training). But that's always a bit of tit-for-tat like the folks in NYC where a big chunk of their tax dollars goes out of state / upstate NY, or utility bills in the city that have taxes for building out access out in further to reach places.