Questions on gun-control/rights

[sarisataka]

6. I never mentioned the 18th

And it was enforced after being passed per the requirements of the Constitution. It also is distinctive in that is the only amendment that did not expand rights. Also it is the only amendment that has been repealed...

In order to "legally" confiscate weapons you would need to repeal the 2nd. For compensation, assuming a very low average of $500 per weapon, you would have to earmark 150 billion dollars to compensate owners. Add on the due process, which you acknowledge to be necessary, to authorized the searches, the framework and infrastructure needed to physically conduct seach and seizure, disposal costs of weapons Etc. you are easily looking at in excess of a 1 trillion dollar bill.

When it is suggested to expand social programs and attack the societal factors that lead people to crime it is "too difficult and too expensive".