Putting a bandaid on a wound while going to the doctor is better than not having the bandaid.

I get that people might want to move to the next gun and the next, but I think most people don't want all guns gone, just the deadlier ones that have no purpose outside of killing~~. At some point, guns were being invented for war.~~see edit Those should not be for the public.

I agree that the underlying cause is incredibly important. I like your solution. It's a good starting point. Now let's get the government to actually care about citizens and not the military.

We do not need experimental jets while there are people suffering at home.

*edit: wait. Probably most gun development is because of war. That's a null point then. What I wanted to convey was at some point guns were being made without hunting and other tool uses in mind. The goal was as much destruction as fast as possible. Those guns.