I personally think that Something Will Happen with laws or regs fairly soon but in the long run it won't make a difference.
yea probably, and compared to other proposals to deal with the situation, gun control is desirable. I mean if all a heavily armed society does is inevitably increase the militerization of everything in response to it ... then it is not to be desired.

However, any law we get stands a good chance of being mostly a symbolic act of doing something rather than anything that will make any real difference. Why? Lots of opposition to gun control (some of it genuine and grass roots but remember that's always an after thought to the powers that be), and lots of money in the political process. Have you noticed any ability whatsoever to pass laws that actual address *anything* in a legitimate manner recently? No, the corruption of the political process ...

But supposing theoretically they could pass a law with real teeth, then what? I'm not sure. Cross country comparisons seem to show reduction in gun crime, but on the other hand I don't know if those countries ever had the level of gun crime and violence in general the U.S. does anyway. It's a violent culture. People argue things like "Australia has the same culture as the U.S.". Um no, I don't think so. So the question is to what extent it would reduce gun crime compared to what extent it just grows the black market (a source itself of crime and of course a source of anything illegal). But if it was able to shift the culture .... (still can you really do that when we loves our wars).