More guns than people.
That is the first sign there is a problem.
Does that mean that collectors with 20 or 30 are more evil than hit man with 2 or 3?
Most people who insist on having a gun are by definition highly likely not someone who should.
Don't look now but your catch-22 is showing. What's up with that?
Many people have guns simply because others have guns and they fear. I think most of them would be willing to give up their gun if everybody else had to.
Do you actually have any evidence of that?
Guns are unnecessary unless you live in the wilderness.
I think if you convince the cops, I'll listen to that argument.
Keeping them in locked up, well regulated militias as the constitution requires would make more sense.
The Bill of Rights and various contemporaneous writings of the Founders and laws of the period favor and/or mandate each citizen keeping their arms in their home. A militia is an organization not a firearm lock-box. Where did you get this idea?
You could go there and play with it, shoot at inanimate objects, etc.
Do you have some evidence that "playing" with a firearm is a good idea?
ps this issue is not worth losing voters over...
No it isn't. This issue has contributed to lost elections going back 20 years. Dropping "assault weapon" language from party policies, issues and platforms would help.
there are no gun bans and wont be
Quite so. It would get more Democrats into office if those party policies and platforms didn't speak to contrary and sway some to vote for folks like trump.