control the sale of ammunition and the equipment and compounds necessary for the manufacture of ammunition.

Congress should prohibit non-government-run outlets from selling ammunition (or the compounds and equipment to manufacture ammunition). Legislation would prohibit the sale of guns by any outlet that sells ammunition. Guns are plentiful and durable; they last forever and are so numerous as to make their control impractical. Controlling ammunition -- which is expendable and not durable -- is the quickest way for Congress to act to reduce gun-violence. Controlling the sale of ammunition is a practical and quickly doable action; trying to effectively control guns is not practical -- without a constitutional amendment -- and it certainly is not quickly achievable. An analogy: control gasoline to limit automobiles on the road; similarly, control ammunition to limit gun violence.