You absolutely can't stop gun violence unless you ban all guns.
Wouldn't it make more sense to just ban doing violent things to other people?
Seriously, though, this whole "bury my guns if they're illegal-ized" doesn't have to happen. All it takes is action -- comitted, often redundant -- action on our part.
There are 50 pairs of Senators and I-don't-know-how-many Representatives in Washington, DC, and the bulk of them don't care about gun control or any issue other than appealing to their constituents so they won't lose their cushy jobs.
Our opponents (gun control leftists, et al.) are a VERY VOCAL MINORITY -- they are so vocal that many believe them to be a majority. It is up to us -- all of us -- to make sure everyone knows that they are not the majority.
Seriously, when is the last time you wrote your representatives (your EMPLOYEES in Washington) and gave them some directions? This will sound harsh, but there's no gentle way to put it: If you are not in regular contact with your reps, if you do not let them know about the issues that are important (especially the Right To Keep and Bear Arms) then you are PART OF THE PROBLEM.
We are not in this alone.
There are many, many good people on our side. It is imperitive that we work with them to keep our reps on the right track.
Working with them includes contacting your reps, but it also means putting on our "best face" when we deal with the silent 80%-or-so of voters who we'd really love to see leaning our way when it comes time to vote in some reps who are sympathetic to our views.
And this part is fun -- take a non-shooter to the range. That's typically all it takes. I contend that if you shoot a few targets with a .22 rifle and don't enjoy it, there is something wrong with you. Most of the "Gee-I-don't-know, guns-make-me-nervous" types have just never been shown that shooting, if done in a safe and responsible manner, can be FUN. The, bingo, a new pro-2nd Amendment voter is born.
Or you can just go about digging holes to bury your freedoms in.
Your choice.
PS -- You have some very committed allies in this "war for the hearts and minds"/propaganda battle at
www.rwva.org (The Appleseed People) -- we call it The Soft War, there.
I hope to bump into you all at the range very soon.
GR