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its not a matter of wanting to give up guns, its enshrined in the Constitution that American citizens have the right to bear arms, so a buyback program like in Australia or the stringent requirements in other nations just wouldn't fly without either a constitutional amendment or some rather questionable decisions from justices.
That is not to say however that there's no problem with guns in America.
I feel (as an informed outsider and all that) America's gun issues are more cultural than political. Statistics and alternate systems aren't really significant if people don't want to change or value something they stand to loose.
Yepper, these two things.
Also, I'm always kind of annoyed when people compare what other countries did to America, particularly when it's countries that have a fraction of the population and are organized differently. Not only is the United States very large in land mass, it is one of the more populous countries on Earth. The US has over 300 million people, whereas Australia has less than 30 million, less than the population of the state of California. Not only that, but the way our nation was formed, and the mentality that comes with it means that every state wants to do things in their own way and that is also enshrined in the Constitution.
It is VERY difficult (by design!) to pass a Constitutional amendment. It is VERY difficult (by design!) to pass any sort of wide-sweeping national regulations of anything. Our system makes it difficult to accomplish these things. So I get a little peeved when people point to other countries and say, "LOOK they did it," when those countries don't have our same obstacles. Let's just take Mississippi and Vermont, two states that couldn't be more different in just about everything: physical size, population, demographics, wealth, industry, politics. You can bet these states want to do things in their own way and the Constitution allows for that. Heck, look at what it finally took to get same-sex marriage recognized across the nation. Before that, each state was doing its own thing. Even now, each state is doing its own thing with these stupid anti-trans "bathroom bills."
You will hear politicians crowing on about "state's rights." While that idea seems antiquated in these times where we can hop over to other states in a matter of minutes or hours, and have instantaneous communication with the entire world, it's not a joke to these people; they take that crap VERY seriously.
Do I wish that the Unites States had the same kind of gun laws they have in England where even most police officers don't carry them? YES I do. But I'm not so naive to think that it's a thing that can just happen if I "write to my congressperson" and tell them to make it so.
I don't know... maybe it's just my cynicism regarding the entire situation, but when I hear about things that other countries did all I can think is, "Good for them. Not happening here."
And you know, people even resisted the drive to go metric in the 70s-80s. Just think, if that had been successful, it would be done by now and my generation wouldn't be phased by Celsius or meters at all. We couldn't even do that.
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