Okay. Ardent supporter of the Second Amendment here, and I feel compelled to say up front that I question the wisdom in coming up with battle plans for the other side in an open forum. They don’t need us giving them ideas.
That said, on with the circus.
First thing to do is to increase the cost of gun ownership. I reckon the best place to begin with this is at the source. Start passing a series of technical laws that require gunmakers to change their gun designs, perform extensive safety tests, install new features, what have you. The manufacturers will pass on the cost to the consumer. Before long, only the very wealthy will be able to afford guns.
Next, target the sellers. Impose restrictions on storage, store size, zoning/location of business, hours of operation, and minimum levels of store security. Basically, make owning a gun store so expensive and troublesome that no one will want to do it. Of course, all these rules will be done in the name of “safety”.
Having practically eliminated commercial sales, the next step is to restrict private sales. It’s really hard to go after person-to-person sales, so instead, go after gun shows. First, bump up the space rental fees for any organization hosting a gun show. Better yet, require them to purchase a license. Increase the fees annually. Require that all purchasers at the show go through a criminal background check. If you can’t afford the equipment to do the check, even if you intend only the one gun you’ve ever owned, sorry, you can’t. Of course, there should be police to oversee all this, and I reckon the promoters should pay for that too, don’t you?
And you know, those gun ranges are a nuisance. There’s noise, there’s the problem of lead in the air and ground…they should pay some heavy usage fees, property taxes, and EPA cleanup penalties, don’t ya think?
So now we’re at a stage where guns are very expensive, very hard to get, and very hard to shoot. Passing a tax on ammunition should be easy by this point; you could almost call it a “sin tax”, like taxing cigarettes or alcohol. And since no one but the very rich can afford guns, most people won’t care. Keep jacking that tax up, every year.
Now that no one has guns anyway, and no one can afford to shoot, we might as well repeal the CCW license law; there weren’t many renewals anyway, after the fees started doubling every couple years.
By now, the only guns that are out there are getting pretty old, probably starting to break. Time to crack down on the parts-makers and gunsmiths. It’s a precision job, and boy, you know how dangerous guns are, so for safety’s sake we’d better impose some minimum education requirements and a licensing system for anyone who repairs or makes parts for guns. That should take care of 'em.
Wow, almost no one has guns now. And those that do are the cultural elite, the people with loads of cash to throw around. They’re the only ones with guns?! Well, that’s just a nightmare! The aristocracy has an armed advantage! We’d better keep track of them! Registration! And the gunless majority will support it.
Now, when the ban is passed in another decade, you know which doors to knock on to pick up the last guns.
This is how I see it happening. The first step is to make owning a gun so expensive and such a hassle that people will throw up their hands and give up. From there, the rest is easy.
Just kidding.