fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
Yeah that’s a bad analogy here are some better ones.Sure, we won't magically get rid of all guns but assuming we had enough people supporting a ban that would just be an excuse not to do it. Since we all love our bad analogies around here let me give mine - my house will never be 100% clean but that doesn't mean I want to leave food and trash everywhere. As it is now we just sit back and do nothing. I do know it won't happen or happen soon but I do think it can be useful in a discussion to see where people's head are.
Alcohol is bad for you, the country tried to ban it once. It was a disaster. People still drank alcohol but there were all sorts of violent and socially undesirable side effects of the ban.
Drugs are bad for you, so we ban them. That has also been terrible. People still use drugs but the War on Drugs has destroyed families and communities and been a huge failure.
Abortion is arguably undesirable. But when it’s been banned people still get abortions illegally in unsafe conditions.
The truth is that people when people really want stuff, banning it doesn’t stop them from getting the stuff it just creates lots of bad side effects.