Reply To: Mass shootings, and non mass shootings, must stop.

As far as I can tell, chazal never banned weapons even though it would be used to kill
why must the individual give up his rights ?
if you say for the greater good (which has theoretical logic) then lets take it a step further
hashkafically, can we actually control the number of people that die annually? Does taking away guns save someone from premature death?
what about cars? 46,000+ deaths a year. Lets go back to horse and buggy.
Rav Shimshon Pincus said if he had a sanhedrin he would have banned cars (ironically he was killed in a car accident)
I am not a baki in shas but chagiga 4b addresses this, the only way to die prematurely (acc to that gemarah) is if you are engaging in risky behavior. So from what I can tell you can label driving risky behavior and ban it.
But being shot isn’t a risky behavior on your part. So if someone is meant to die he will die in a mugging or getting hit by a bus, what is the difference?