TO-DO: verify calcs<\/p>\n
TO-DO: find out where the 15m figure comes from….<\/p>\n
Assume that reducing the number of guns will reduce gun deaths in the USA.\u00a0 Seems far-fetched, but humour me…<\/p>\n
How about spending 45B$ to get rid of 15m[3] assault rifles, pistols, anything that’s not specifically for hunting (refer to my method for rationally evaluating a weapon’s danger score).\u00a0 Hereafter referred to as bguns (for bad guns, of course!!).<\/p>\n
Must be in working condition; not eligible if rendered irreversibly non-functioning.\u00a0 My “danger score” method makes this easy… a irreversibly non-functioning gun would have a very low danger score, perhaps similar to a club.<\/p>\n
Offer 2K$, amnesty exchange (but ID req’d for payment retails (to prevent criminals???)), for 1 year, starting “now”.\u00a0 For new (should be easy to determine if shot\/never.shot?), must have been purchased before “now”.<\/p>\n
Assume the 80\/20 rule (we’re talking 2K$ \/ bgun… I posit many “…my dead hands!” folk would reconsider, especially with semi-auto assault-style rifles <US$750[1], pistols <US$250[2]), we’re left with 0.2 x 15m = 3m remaining.\u00a0 If it can fire, or can easily be made to fire, it’s worth 2K$.\u00a0 Cash.\u00a0 Tax-free.<\/p>\n
Then, on the last day, offer a substantially higher buyback ($5K \/ bgun ) for a limited time (3 months??), and stress this is it; no more amnesty buyback after this.\u00a0 Assuming again 80\/20, we’re left with 0.2 * 3m = 0.6m remaining, at a cost of $US15B for this second round.<\/p>\n
So,\u00a0 in 1.25 years, at a cost of $US45B, a 96% reduction in bguns.<\/p>\n
Might need to use a reverse auction; should come out to the same numbers, I think.\u00a0 Maybe start with $10K \/ bgun, limited to the first 1 million; advertise like hell that this one-time thing.\u00a0 Then, the day the first tranche is completed, drop the reward to $2K, now last chance, but if we do it again, it’s $500 or something.<\/p>\n
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