Let's try this

This situation with people shooting one another is just out of control.
I understand that some people may feel really strongly that they want a gun. They deserve a gun, need a gun. They have a right to a gun. I get that.

But is this "everybody-gotta-have-a-gun" attitude working?
Surely even those pro-gun people must, by now, realize that guns are getting into the hands of children, people with mental illness, impaired or disturbed. Surely even those pro-gun people must understand that there are TOO MANY GUNS?

So here's an idea: Just for one year, let's have everyone put their guns away. Nobody has to give their guns up, they just need to put them in a place where no one can get to them. We'll have a "gun-free" year. And just see what happens, like a big, universal experiment. We'll see if there are fewer shootings. If it's safer with the guns or without the guns. Maybe the pro-gun people will get used to not having their assault rifles and decide they don't need them. Maybe more days or weeks will go by without innocent people getting gunned down in malls, churches and schools. Maybe fewer drive-bys.

I like this idea because nobody has to really give up anything. Going without something for a year is easy. Look at the soldiers serving our country. Look at their families. They'd say they're making a small sacrifice for others. Can't the pro-gun people make a small sacrifice? It's only a year.

If at the end of the year there are no fewer massacres, drivebys and school shootings then all of us anti-gun people will realize that we were wrong and the guns really making us all safer, and the pro-gun people can have their guns back.

Who's with me on this?