# Another close thread question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 29, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-close-thread-question/965313 "2022-05-29T18:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-close-thread-question/965313/1 "2022-05-29T18:15:58Z")
Here’s the OP > [@AK47 buy back scheme!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak47-buy-back-scheme/965302): > > I’m sure we’ve all been hearing various ideas for moving the needle on gun control in the US. Obviously the population is extremely divided on this so it won’t be easy. We’ve all heard silly schemes like making ammo prohibitively expensive. Make gun owners carry insurance for gun, etc, etc. And, of course, as always, there’s talk of what works elsewhere, though one can hardly believe those would work in America. I think Biden has missed an opportunity to act quickly, while feelings are running … Which ends with this > So……what’s your idea? That makes me think the OP was more about ideas about what changes could be made in how the government deals with the proliferation of guns in today’s society than simply ideas about the feasibility of an AK47 buy-back program. Well, this thread was closed with this comment from the moderator > [@AK47 buy back scheme!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ak47-buy-back-scheme/965302/24): > > We really don’t need another gun thread right now. I looked through the other posts in IMHO for the past week and I didn’t find any threads concerning this topic. There is a topic started to discuss the police response, but the title has been modified to specifically forbid discussing this issue in that thread. If I have missed an appropriate to discuss such opinions, perhaps it should be pointed out. So, I am confused with the comment. Is it that this topic is not suitable for IMHO? If I was to start a thread in IMHO looking for opinions on what would be practical and feasible actions that could be used to address the issue, would it be similarly closed? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-close-thread-question/965313/2 "2022-05-29T18:19:16Z")
See here instead: > [@We need another gun thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-another-gun-thread/965314/1): > > What we don’t need are blanket bans on whole topics. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, moderator What\_Exit just shut down a thread about an AK-47 buyback proposal. The only reason given was, “We don’t really need another gun thread right now.” There’s lots of topics I think are over represented in these forums. Cats for one thing. But you know what? If I’ve had enough cat stories, i just don’t open those threads. I don’t think a ban on all gun threads is appropriate, especially … ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-close-thread-question/965313/3 "2022-05-29T18:19:20Z")