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I'll start with two common misconceptions.
1. Gun control does not mean banning all guns
2. The 2nd Amendment "right to bear arms", like other constitutional rights, is not absolute.
IMO, the goal of gun control is to require registration of ownership of guns for the purpose of tracking those guns if/when they are used in the commision of a crime. to prohibit ownership of guns by certain persons through a background check so that those persons who have committed crimes with a gun or persons convicted of other violent crimes (ie spouse abuse) or persons with mental disorders (who are diaganosed as potentially threathening to themselves and others)are prevented from owning guns in the future, to provide protections to prevent accidental abuses of guns by children (child protection locks) and to prohibit certain catagories of the mosts deadly and dangerous weapons from civilian ownership.
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"The perfect is the enemy of the good."
~ Voltaire
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