What would happen if guns were banned tomorrow in the US?  

If you despise the 2nd amendment and want guns outlawed, you are un-American. The amendment is there for our own good, if you can't think far enough to see that... You should leave, move to the U.K. They have outlawed guns there. Also keep in mind that the U.K. is the biggest police state there is, a police state that can only be accomplished through disarming all citizens and leaving them defenseless against the all powerful government.
Guns are here, for good. You can make it illegal for honest citizens to own or carry them, but that only HELPS the criminals who obtain their guns through the black market anyway.

Another plus of 2nd amendment, if anyone were ever foolish enough to try to invade our country, we'd be a pretty good shape with the ability for most people to defend themselves.

Let us not become sitting ducks, people. Open your eyes.

Oh, I think there would indeed be a bloody revolution. I know for a fact that if the police just came marching into my home and demanded I hand over my personal property that i purchased with my own hard earned money, I would not be likely to turn it over. Especially if the stakes were this high. The ironic thing is that in order for a hostile removal of all guns from the hands of the public to be even remotely effective, the government would almost definitely have to use guns. There is no way that an unarmed police force would be feared enough to be successful at confiscating guns.

As far as the voluntary turnover of firearms, I do not feel that this would be successful for the same reason I stated above. Why would I want to just give away something I spent money on? The government would either have to buy the weapon from me, or impose some sort of tax incentive for those who were forced to hand over their firearms.

I really do not think that the government should have the right to ban firearms. People can say all day long that without guns there would be less crime. But the fact remains that in order to hurt someone with a gun, you have to pick it up. Meaning that you can make the active decision to not use a gun for any purpose other than it's intended one. Sure, there are going to be some people who misuse firearms, but the same can be said about almost anything. You aren't going to ban cars because a few people drive drunk. You aren't going to make it illegal to shop because some people feel the need to shoplift.

A United States government that made guns illegal would be a government that has gone too far. I consider myself Independent, and am registered as such, but if our government did this, even I would think this country was headed toward fascism.

Sorry, but, a nationwide repeal of the 2nd amendment would result in a civil war.

Some areas would go ahead with the voluntary turn in your gun and get a reward scenario. That has already been used in small towns/cities that have severely restricted or banned specific types of firearms. THey do not get all the guns; but, the rest of the guns go into hiding.

But, many areas have a lot of people of the persuasion "You'll get my gun whne you pry it out of my cold dead fingers". And, a lot of the more "reasonable" people would join together to protect those hardliners. Plus, a lot of the law enforcement personnel are so attached to their own personal weapons, they would not want to enforce this type of law and would either look the other way or change sides.

States with liberal gun laws would just plain secede. If you thought slavery was a "dividng issue" gun ownership is an even bigger one, especially now.

If the government were to ban firearms and start confiscating them, I think a lot of people who own firearms would be willing to band together as an oranized militia, do their best to put a stop to such foolishness and uphold their second ammendment rights. It could start another civil war.

Ok, in the context of this "what if" scenario I think you're pretty much on target...the criminals would have the majority of the weapons so crime would increase. I say "the majority" because I believe that even the smallest suggestion of repealing the 2nd. amendment would result in a very large increase in the number of unregistered weapons owned by normally law abiding citizens. Ammo would be stockpiled as well since I'm sure you wouldn't be able to buy that either. Unfortunately, due to the afore mentioned increase in crime, more law abiding citizens would then become criminals themselves once they were placed into the position of having to defend themselves. I also do believe that there will be violent revolts against such legislation, both before and after. Here in Hooterville I don't believe it would be local law enforcement who would be sent out to disarm my community...it would be the state police. I know some folks who allow the sheriff and his deputies onto their property because they know them but who would not hesitate to gun down state troopers coming for their weapons.

Hi Taskr36... I kind of see it like this. Everyone who has a permit to carry guns and rifles.. (do people have to have permits for hunting rifles?) anyway.. I believe they would get a notice in the mail saying to surrender their firearms by such and such a date, say by 5 PM on May 1st.

The letter would state that individuals who do not surrender their firearms will have 10 days to comply or they would be arrested and jailed.

Then if the people still don't comply in 10 days will then have their weapons confiscated, and they will be charged and held over for trial. There may also be other penalties, such as drivers licenses revoked and other privileges that people enjoy to be threatened or taken away to force compliance. I can see a sort of militia taking over now.. because our government is getting too big to have concerns about the individual. We are not supposed to know what is good for us, so the government will decide for us and make us comply.

This is a pretty short response to a long discussion but I'm sure what would happen would be very similar to the UK.

The difference is that in the UK there were millions less firearms on the streets before we had a complete ban so things would be far worse in the US.

If a law was passed in the US banning firearms then all those who abide by the law would hand in their weapons whilst the criminals would ignore the law because they are criminals.
In the UK it is completely illegal to posess guns and there is a minimum 5 year sentence for those caught.
We still have gun crime which would be the case in the US in my opinion.
Possibly the only thing to improve would be a reduction in accidental firearms deaths.

One thing's for sure, if they were to do that in the US, I wouldnt want to be there when it happens!!!

I live in Canada. Here handguns and shotguns are allowed ONLY if you take a 2 day course "how to handle guns". Then you're handed a little plastic card and the government knows you have a gun as its registered when you buy it. You cant buy a handgun or shotgun if you dont have that card.

Shotguns are supposed to be used for hunting, so Im guessing you need to then buy a hunting permit for whatever you plan on killing!!

Handguns are used for practice shooting at special places. Why would you need practice shooting if guns are illegal.....Phuck if I know lol.

If you inherit a handgun or shotgun.....if it wasnt registered, then the Government doesnt know about it and you're scott free :)

My first guess would be the bloody revolution. But for the sake of the discussion, it would create alot of criminals out of law abiding citizens. Myself, I would surround myself with dogs that you would have to get through while I reload.

Being a fairly young guy, a lot of my friends are liberals. I know that there are enough theories about "why" so many younger people are liberals to put the Kennedy conspiracy to shame. But it is what it is, and I find myself having the "gun" debate with them a lot.

I always use the line, "The Roman Empire never shot anybody" when discussing guns.

My point being, of course, guns are just the weapon. It's always the person behind the weapon and their intentions that make it dangerous. Stones, spears, swords and arrows worked fine for thousands of years. Guns are a preferred weapon now, but we still see folks willing to assemble bombs and the like in order to cause harm.

If guns suddenly disappeared, became outlawed, w/e, good people would be in bad shape.

Weapons evolve based on the environment you live in. If anybody's every watched the show Deadliest Warrior, they've seen this on perfect display.

One of the recent shows I watched was the famed Shaolin Monk vs. the brutish and fierce Maori warrior.

The Maori were big, mean and intense. They were basically criminals, constantly at war with one another. They lived to fight, and used stone clubs, shark-teeth paddles, and other unsophisticated yet powerful weapons.

The Monks were all about defending themselves against aggressive attackers. Their weapons were forged steel, and their combat developed defensively.

When it was analyized, the Monks absolutely slaughtered the Maori due to the weaponry.

If guns are "banned," then criminals will obviously have the guns, and regular folks, law enforcement, private security, etc, will be at a huge disadvantage.

Logically, it would result in people making their own weapons. They would have to. Weapons need to evolve. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see more powerful weapons than guns showing up on the black market. I'm talking mini missiles and IRA-like explosive devices.

And I definitely predict a much more violent nation than we live in now without guns.

But that's what would happen if shortsighted people keep blaming guns instead of the gun wielder and decide to take them away. There's no logic in that, and I can't understand how some folks can't understand it.

The idea that society can be childproofed, more or less, instead of emphasizing personal responsibility literally blows me away.