COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS WORK! Why do the pro-2A gun nuts always claim that gun control doesn't work?
There are many, many instances in recent history where common sense laws, like registration, licensing, handgun laws, and prohibitions against private sales ("the gun show loophole") has helped to advance government policies:
-1911: Constantinople government disarms the Armenians (Gun control measures: permits required, government registration of weapons, ultimate ban);
-1929: Soviet Union establishes gun control, permitting Stalin to advance his progressive policies (Gun control measures: licensing of owners, ban on possession);
-1935: Chairman Mao establishes gun control, permitting enlightened policies to advance (Gun control measures: Permit system, leading to a ban on private ownership, ultimately death penalty for "counter-revolutionary criminals" in possession);
-1938: Germany establishes gun control, disarming troublesome Jews and Gypsies (Gun control measures: registration & licensing, then strict handgun laws, then ban on possession);
-1964: Guatemala disarms its citizens, with particular focus on the difficult Mayan population (Gun control measures: registration of guns & owners, high license fees, prohibition against carrying guns, then ban on guns, sharp tools, etc.);
-1970: Uganda establishes strict gun control, paving the way for Idi Amin to lead his people to a period of enlightened government (Gun control measures: registration of guns & owners, licenses to sell guns, warrantless searches, confiscation powers);
-1974: Cambodia imposes gun control, paving the way for the enlightened policies of the Khmer Rouge (Gun control measures: licenses for guns, owners, ammunition & transactions, photo ID with fingerprints required, quarterly inspection of license);
1994: Rwanda addresses the problematic Tutsi population with a comprehensive gun control scheme (Gun control measures: registration of guns, owners & ammunition, owners must justify need; concealable guns illegal, ultimately confiscation powers).
All of this shows that gun control works to help advance government policies. Yes, these countries may have had some incidental problems along the way, but COMMON SENSE GUN LAWS DO WORK!!!
Thank goodness that there will always be progressive-thinking leaders in some countries, folks like Joseph Stalin, Chairman Mao, and Idi Amin, who know better than to listen to the gun nuts.