By Henzel

armchair - It's a wofnerdul sentiment, but I'm not sure how you could implement it in this country without tossing the entire Bill of Rights out the window.In a capitalist economy, it seems like the best way to eliminate a product would be to get rid of the demand for it. You don't see too many 8-tracks on the street these days because nobody wants them anymore.One way to get rid of the demand is to come up with something better. Better than guns - not sure. Maybe tranquilizer rays that work on everybody and don't accidentally kill people. We're not quite there yet.Another way is to remove the need. That would mean making hunting illegal, banning the collection of guns, outlawing competitive shooting sports, and eliminating all forms of antisocial behavior against which people might feel the need to defend themselves. You can do the first three with the stroke of a pen. The last one might take a little more effort.Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

"We need to set up a national cenetr to which people suspected of these tendencies can be sent."No, no, a thousand times no! This guy was obviously troubled, but xiaoding's plan would start down a slippery slope that would eventually roll over all non-conformists. Ask any introvert, any nerd, any shy person and they will all tell you that they've had an encounter with some well-meaning extrovert (a teacher or a counselor) who believed that there must be something wrong with them. Mine was my 7th grade social-studies teacher, who asked my parents if I was well-adjusted because I preferred to read The Lord of the Rings during breaks rather than chit-chat with other kids. Growing up is tough enough for kids who don't conform without setting up medical test camps for them to be forced into.(My teacher was the same one who spent three days teaching the class about what happens in a nuclear war and how to survive one. If she's still teaching, she's probably earnestly scaring students with stories of what will happen under global warming.)