Quote Originally Posted by Leviathant View Post
I would like to take this opportunity to link you all to a wikipedia article about a law that was passed in 1993. Gun control laws reduce gun violence. This is a demonstrable fact. Spend some time looking at the figures, or if you don't want to do that, look at this pretty chart.
Yup. Control is going to be the most effective way, in the US. I like the way CA has been doing things. You not only have to pass background checks but you have to demonstrate basic safety & legal understandings of firearms (via test/certification) before you can buy them. I wish more states would do this. CA's bans on arbitrary gun parts is not a model to follow though.

Also, the control doesn't always have such a clear impact: