Can't. Ammo is part and parcel with the arms themselves in being protected by the 2nd amendment.

I think the idea of the home protection gun needs to go away. Those are by far the most dangerous for families and least effective in stopping criminals.

I like the idea of gun licensing and storage at a local police department like in South Korea. They have virtually zero gun-related crimes per capita.

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This should be pretty common knowledge at this point, and shouldn't need citation, but here:

Guns in homes consistently linked to higher homicides and suicides, multiple studies dating back the 80s: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/more-guns-do-not-stop-more-crimes-evidence-shows/

Background checks and munitions checks leading to fewer suicides and homicides: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(15)01026-0/abstract

Guns as the leading cause of suicide: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/guns-suicide/ (In 2010, over 19,000 people killed themselves with a gun)


Personal anecdote: I do know someone who used a gun to defend himself and killed his attacker. He suffers from alcoholism and mental issues now from taking a life. It's easy to relate these issues in the the abstract, but on the off chance you do stop a criminal act, it can take a heavy toll. It's a lot more complicated than the "Good Guy v.s. Bad Guy" wild-west fantasy. It can have extreme consequences, even if done 100% legally.

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Best idea.

That idea has been tried, the chipping. It's easily manipulated and hacked with simple magnets.

As far as the police having real-time tracking, that is a huge privacy violation that I wouldn't be comfortable with supporting, even with an anti-gun stance.

The goal of such proposals wouldn't be to make tamper-proof chips. You can remove a license plate from a vehicle easily enough too.
Tracking chips would make it safer for police around legal gun owners, provide a trail if guns go missing or are stolen, allow illegal weapons to be identified when they lack a chip.

In terms of the 4th amendment- we're all talking right now about violating the 2nd amendment. If we took the 2nd as absolute, then any such restrictions would be unconstitutional. If we're arguing that the 2nd isn't absolute, which it isn't, then likewise the 4th isn't either. There can be some reasonable level of tradeoff, where you forfeit some privacy when you carry in public.

And if it can't stand up to the 4th amendment? Then I wouldn't support it. But there are more possible technological options than just full blown big brother tracking
Black boxes for example. Could you legally mandate that guns must carry a chip which records its location, and for newer guns, when its fired- but not share this information remotely and its only accessible upon warrant?
When you get to specific implementation and options and legal challenges, I think there's a lot of room for different approaches

This is dumb, where do you think equality will come from if not the state?
You think the corporations you worship will just gve it all back?
They already own almost everything.

Dutch satirist takes on American gun culture.

Misses some points but has some great puns.

that's the guy from "america first, netherlands second", right? good shit...