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I really doubt it. I mean, I'm all for realistic and effective gun control, but this isn't it.
(and that's not a perfection being the enemy of good statement)
Looking from country that is 4 kilometers to the west of USSA, it seems to me that such big amount of violence is caused by deep social problem, not just guns. Especially when compared to another country with relatively avaliable guns - Ukraine, where almost all violence comes from Shoigu.
It's like watching two school students closed in one room for many years, and the only way to get food it to beat others. With society forcefully cut in half. With two right-wing parties, where "conservatives"' agenda is destruction of most conservative institute - education, and "left" one is more right-wing than literal Union of Right Forces.
Damn, the NRA is going to be fucking confused by this one. "No guns for the poors" is kinda their whole thing (@see the black panthers) - but poor white people are the majority of their support block. At the same time guns becoming unaffordable to "scary urbanites" will have the full approval of scared suburbanites.
This might honestly be the most politically savvy approach to gun control I've ever seen - it'll drive a wedge between the 2a voting crowd and the 2a funding crowd.
I don't understand how anything related to firearms can be legally taxed in the USA — their taxation can certainly be viewed as an infringement on one's right to bear arms.
Criminals love paying taxes