While the country TALKS about the gun issue, the winger nuts are stockpiling weapons and ammo.

[swayne]

Time is of the essence.

Debating this issue in this extended way only serves to give time for the right wing nuts to gather even MORE weapons to potentially hurt fellow citizens with.

How about cutting these military weapons off and getting psych evaluations on these kooks...like an 'effin minute ago?


The country is wasting precious time by debating this issue, ad nauseum, in the media with the abject silence of FOX, the NRA and the entertainment complex.....something has got to be done to protect the children....as much as humanly possible.

[Recursion]

1. OK. What do you suggest?

AFAIK the nutjobs have been stockpiling stuff since 2008.

[swayne]

2. Here.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022013722#post86

1. All firearms must be purchased from a federally licensed dealer. No private sales. If you want to sell your privately owned gun, you must do so through a federally licensed dealer. All firearms must be registered, no exceptions. This would be retroactive, with a grace period for all guns currently in someone's possession. Part of the registration process will entail a ballistics test,which would then go into a national database.

2. More in-depth background checks and require a gun license. Currently, as long as you've never been institutionalized or deemed mentally unfit by a judge, you're considered mentally fit to own a gun. IMHO, part of the process for obtaining a firearm should require a note from a doctor or psychiatrist confirming that the applicant would not pose a danger by themselves or others. You would have to renew your license on a regular basis. If you become deemed unfit to own a gun, then your license would be revoked or unable to renew. If you commit any violent crime at all - assault, domestic violence, etc - you automatically become ineligible to own firearms.

3. Closely monitor all gun and ammo sales. We already closely monitor purchases of things like fertilizer and Sudafed. Firearms and ammo should be no different.

4. Taxation of all gun and ammo sales, with the taxes going to fund mental health treatment.

5. Banning large-capacity magazines. There is absolutely no need for anyone to have a 30-round magazine.

These are just a few gun-control ideas that would not infringe on anyone's "right" to own guns.

[Jennicut]

3. The new session of congress does not start until January.

Right now, they are on winter recess. https://app7.vocusgr.com/Newsroom/ViewAttachment.aspx?SiteName=NAFEO&Entity=PRAsset&AttachmentType=F&EntityID=3981&AttachmentID=8fb841b5-7149-415a-8bcb-1b8304dc91fa

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Sales are at record levels, and its not just AR format rifles

I have to wonder if the 300 million number will be valid much longer.