I did not say that a buyback program was the solution. (Nor did Australia limit themselves to a buyback program; it was part of a national effort.)<p>I asked why Australia didn&#x27;t have the horrors that you predict would happen should Australian-like gun control laws be put into place in the US.<p>Your only answer seems to be that the US has too many guns, so therefore can&#x27;t change. (Which sounds like a bank which is &quot;too big to fail&quot;, so we have to keep feeding it taxpayer money.)<p>&gt; that&#x27;s the only way to get guns out of american hands<p>That&#x27;s irrelevant. As I demonstrated, only about 1&#x2F;3 of the guns got out of <i>Australian</i> hands. Why would anyone think those same laws would get 100% of the gun out of American hands?