I know sometimes 3 Strikes laws and harsh prison sentences are frowned upon...

[WarGamer]

But why not ramp up the penalties for firearms offenses?

The VAST majority of gun murders involve a person with a violent rap sheet with GUN crimes on it.

Why is Felon in possession of a firearm NOT an automatic 10 year sentence?

Remove as many people from society as possible that use guns to terrorize communities, right?

Gun control and bans are not likely to happen.

Make guns sooooo risky to even own that people just don't.

EXAMPLE: the guy who killed the New Mexico HP officer with the AR15 recently

Omar Felix Cueva

06/1994 Vandalism
06/2000 Possession of a controlled substance
09/2001 Possession of Controlled substance
10/2002 Importation of a controlled substance
4/2004 Importation of Cocaine
8/2006 Fictitious Check, False check, Burglary
3/2007 Probation Violation
3/2008 Import of a controlled substance
9/2010 Possession with intent of Crystal Meth or ICE

[Moostache]

1. If we want gun control, the answer is very easy...

Open carry by ALL minorities, especially the 'scary' ones to LEOs (i.e. - non-white males).

Return to the days of images of the Black Panthers, armed with shotguns and rifles and defiantly marching, and you'll see a deluge of racist gun control measures immediately - like TODAY, before dinner.

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[TwilightZone]

5. Nope.

This is and has always been all about the gun owners. They're not going to support anything that restricts their ownership, even if it means that others have access to them.

Everyone can already open carry in states where it's legal and there's been zero pushback by the gun nuts in terms of restrictions.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. That practically guarantees a shootout. NT

[Phoenix61]

3. Ive always though the best way to get criminals

to not use guns is to make possession of an unregistered firearm an automatic 20 year sentence. No more waiting for someone to do something bad or stupid with it. I think of it as a preventative.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. It's interesting that you mention that because...

... my neighbor who was murdered a few months ago (during a drug deal away from here) was supposedly shot to death by a guy with previous gun-related violations.

The accused guy was even locked up in the county jail for a few weeks because of the gun charges, then released just days before detectives issued a warrant for his arrest regarding the murder. Then they had to search for him over several weeks, eventually finding him in another state.

[WarGamer]

7. the Justice system is so fucked up

Pot smokers and dudes with too many parking tickets catch jail time... a-holes with guns are let out of jail.

And sorry about your neighbor...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. I never got to know him very well.

He moved into this area after the pandemic had started.

I was getting annoyed by all of the noise coming from his place too, after he'd been there about a month. Visitors coming and going constantly as well. None of them were wearing masks.

Never wanted him to die, though!

[Hawker123]

6. Of course if you remove the nonviolent

Drug offenses....

[WarGamer]

8. Agreed

But at it's core, drug running and dealing ARE violent offenses.

Possession... nope.

[Caliman73]

10. Drug running and dealing are violent BECAUSE they are illegal.

If drugs were legal and regulated, there would likely still be black market activity, but it would decrease. Dealers and smugglers arm themselves to protect their profits from other dealers/smugglers and from law enforcement.

If there were no dealers and smugglers how would possessors be able to possess? Everyone grows and manufactures their own?