I am making no claim about the benefits, only the claimed negative consequences.<p>merpnderp made the claim that making guns illegal would end up with a &quot;massive number of people going to jail for not obeying, country wide stop and frisk, and New Orleans style door to door SWAT raids to confiscate.&quot;<p>Guns are illegal in Australia, though certainly many guns remain. (Hunting and other guns remain.)<p>Australia did not end up with a &quot;massive number of people going to jail for not obeying&quot;, etc.<p>Therefore, it&#x27;s possible to make guns be illegal, in the way Australia has, and not end up with the consequences that merpnderp predicts must necessarily be the case.<p>Therefore merpnderp&#x27;s claims are not believable.