# Have guns ever been confiscated in America? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 2, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-guns-ever-been-confiscated-in-america/694628 "2014-08-02T07:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-guns-ever-been-confiscated-in-america/694628/21 "2014-08-04T21:41:55Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Guns certainly seemed to have helped here but then we can cite Mahatma Gandhi and his fellow Indians obtaining freedom from British oppression with no guns. > > The Troubles in Ireland, while certainly violent for a long time, were solved not with guns but via a political process. > > Point being guns are not necessarily the only solution to a problem. I agree. In fact I would say that guns are not a solution to the majority of problems (if any). But guns can ratchet up the pressure on the establishment to rethink policies if lots of people are getting shot. For instance, the deaths of innocents we have had in no-knock raids over the last few years have gotten this policy on the front page. Another example are the several police that have been killed by people thinking they were being burgled. If this gets too common, the pressure on our police forces to knock it off may rise to a level where they have an effect. ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-guns-ever-been-confiscated-in-america/694628/22 "2014-08-05T02:00:14Z")
The Wounded Knee Massacre was perpetrated by the federal government during a botched a gun confiscation attempt. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded\_Knee\_Massacre](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-guns-ever-been-confiscated-in-america/694628.md?page=1)