Guns and Money Part 2

First off most of the problem is handguns or pistols, since these are the murderers favorite weapon since it is easily concealed. In any case, many would argue that a shotgun is better for home defence. An assault rifle is good too, since as the military will tell you ,overwhelming fire power is the rule of the game but it might be tough to convince a jury  of that. For these reasons only pistols should be considered. There are about 140,000 pistol licenses in Connecticut and if the $2 billion bill were spread among them equally it would be about $14,000 each. That is in effect the annual cost to society of the existence of that gun, however that  would be a bit steep since a lot of the guns come from out of state anyway and even if a gun is stolen, it is not the same as actually murdering someone.
You always hear there are 25,000 gun laws already, they just have to be enforced. Maybe 12,832 of them need to be rewritten to make them more easily enforceable. But which ones? Your head begins to hurt, but it needn't since you know the power of money or the threat of its loss will fix the problem one way or the other. Of course the effect would be limited until other states passed similar legislation, but where better to start than in the most intelligent town in the most intelligent state in the union?
 It would be a huge improvement  if only 10 people were killed by guns in Connecticut each year, think of maybe 90 lives saved,