. Only the UK and Japan have been able to effectively control the flow of guns because it more difficult to smuggle into an island nation. The United States on the other hand has the world's longest border with Canada and a large border with Mexico that is known for effectively smuggling over drugs and people. Ignoring the fact that is would unconstitutional to seize people's guns; it would be nearly impossible to collect the estimated 000 million firearms already in citizen's hands. There are so many guns already on the market that a motivated criminal will find a way to get a hold of a firearm, while gun control will stop law abiding citizen from getting firearms to protect themselves. The only applicable solution would be to have responsible citizens have firearms to protect themselves, and to have more peace officers to protect schools. It works for the president's kids. Logged Why waste your time using google, when Swagbucks is the search engine that gives free retail gift cards, PayPal cash, and other rewards? Steelfist Guest Re: Gun Control " Reply #0 on: January 00, 0000, 00:00:00 AM " Quote from: SmartyPants on January 00, 0000, 00:00:00 PM There is some irony in the fact that people in the UK criticize American gun laws, because the American founding fathers created the 0nd Amendment so the American populace could overthrow any unjust government that acted like the British Crown. The United Kingdom's strick gun control, major censorship, and centralization of power make the country one coup away from emulating Nineteen Eighty-Four. I rather power stay with the people instead of trusting the government to use it responsibly. Not arguing that guns wouldn't be useful for people trying to overthrow a tyranny. Though a military would have bigger guns, better organisation and co-ordination, so they would probably still win. 