Ok, i'm open. What am I missing?
The barrel strokers keep asking the moronic and binary question, “What law would have prevented........”
You know what laws have diminished and/or prevented access to fully automatic weapons? Strict regulations that make access quite difficult. Ones that were enacted years ago. Quite effective.
The point being that no regulation will prevent ALL gun deaths. The idea is to decrease them from the highest gun death rate in the civilized world to something more normal for a western culture.
Nationalize and federalize all gun crimes. Not a hodgepodge of state and local laws. Make it a federal penalty for gun related crimes, including third party purchases. Comprehensive, cradle-to-grave tracking. 100% background checks. Use of social media and other resources to identify those who are at high risk or cannot manage their affairs. Track ammo purchases.
Will strict gun regs have an immediate effect? Possibly some. But, as with the auto weapons regs, the long term effects are the goal.