> The sad reality is that if you could wave a magic wand and make all guns in the USA vanish immediately (or just privately held guns if you enjoy being pushed

> The sad reality is that if you could wave a magic wand and make all guns in the USA vanish immediately (or just privately held guns if you enjoy being pushed around by people in uniform), in a month's time you would have a gun problem again. This is just completely untrue, as demonstrated by various countries that have such bans in place. The ease of acquiring firearms is the primary driver of many people having firearms. Maybe one person in a hundred here will go to the trouble of acquiring a dumpy 3d-printed gun. Japan does not have a gun problem - one person going to huge effort to create their own gun is not a problem. In general your thesis seems to be that ease/legality of acquisition & manufacture of weapons will have no impact on the quantity of weapons available, because technical workarounds exist. This is a fairly common point of view among technologists, or at least its analogue is often seen when a new service is announced - "you can already easily do this with [technically-complicated solution], so this new service is not needed". This point of view has a long track record of failure. Of course making something easier lets more people do it! Most people are really not that motivated to do things! Conversely, making something more difficult ensures fewer people will do it.