The problem lies mainly in smuggling illegal arms back into the country. Its a trade, just like the drug trade. Its our typical government, they band-aid the VISIBLE area that they deem the problem, while the underground continues business as usual. The problem is, the visible part wasnt the problem- it was the fucking solution! In effect, its a self-fullfilling prophecy. take away the visible guns, people feel safer, crime goes up anyway, take away more guns, people feel safer, crime goes higher, and higher… until people finally wake the fuck up like they are in DC right now about how the real world works.
Watch the movie “Lord Of War”… that about sums it up.