Eric A. de Moya argued that seizing firearms nationwide would prove too expensive and would swamp government, courts and police, with no way to confirm compliance as more weapons continued to be produced or imported. An armed citizenry supplies an unquantifiable deterrent both domestically and internationally that should not be dismissed lightly, and numbers plus physical reality already rule out confiscation irrespective of Second Amendment views. He said discussion ought to shift to practical measures such as promoting safety training, which he left for later.