Gun Control & RKBA

How do we realistically keep it from happening:
Short answer, we don't. We can't predict the future so we can't lock up folks before hand.

People generally turn to crime when they're out of legal alternatives. Giving people more options and better social support will help.
People are hung up on the idea of crime prevention. Gun-control is a myth. The only control there is over a gun is that which the one who holds it subscribes to. I object to gun laws even being called gun-"control".




confiscate them all and melt them all down:
I engage some of those folks for a post or three and point out the scale of the task and resources required and then give up on them.




I used to live in San Francisco I was born there, I understand how someone who lives there, or in NY can consider someone wanting a semi automatic high powered rifle as fucking insane:
I was born in Philly. I grew up hearing about the mob hits during the 70s. I remember when the Chicken Man got hit. I remember watching Skinny Joey on the news with regularity. I moved to an NYC suburb and remember their news on TV. One of the first stories that really stuck with me was about a multi-car drive by at a pool party. We had that stuff in Philly too but unlike Philly the folks at party returned fire. I worked in El Segundo for several years. I stayed in Inglewood. A lot of the same stuff.
Guns don't bother me much. I think most folks aren't out to kill me. I shot competitively from when I was 15 until 22.




the discussion should be not about "assault weapons":
Of course not. But the media is after sound bites and buzz words. The politicians who use them know that. Unfortunately many using these terms think things like 'every full-auto assault weapon 30 clip magazine rifle fires 300 bullets per second.' Yeah, exactly your point. In short, many don't know what they're talking about. Ever try convincing them to learn? You get accused of "technicalities" and "talking points".




grandpa's M1 hits way harder for weighting a bit more and not being totally customizable, and it's 100 year old technology:
I've fired an M-1 several times, stripped it, cleaned it and reloaded ammo for it, 150 grain spitzers and 220s. It's a great rifle. A Garand is a rifle that can shoot over 500 yards and for me, that's where my interest is. It's not what you'd pick for an indoor gun fight.