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In reply to the discussion: Here's my ideas on gun control [View all]Glamrock
(12,003 posts)1) proficiency test. Like a car. Prove you're capable. Additionally, I'd have distinct categories. Handguns, shotguns, normal rifles, assault/semiautomatic rifles.
Proficiency needs to be proven every three to five years.
2) Insurance for 4 above stated categories on each gun owned. You want to have an arsenal? Knock yourself out. I have to have insurance on every car I take on the road and it wasn't designed to kill. And I'd have different classifications. We'll compare assault rifles, in this context, to Ferrari's, shotguns to p/u trucks, hunting rifles to..... What? a Taurus? And handguns to Escorts.
3) All this violence according to the gun lovers, is due to mental illness. So at profiency test, stated above, psychological evaluation just like we do with cops. Should be no problem. You don't want guns in the hands of crazy people and you don't want to pay taxes for mental health. I don't want to hear any of your complaints. I gotta basically strip down to my drawers and go through an xray machine to get on a plane because of 22 or 23 people. There's been 200+ school shootings since like 2000. You're the one saying it's a mental health issue. Put up or shut up.
4) Background checks on all guns sold including private sales.
5) No guns for domestic abusers, stalkers, violent offenders, rapists, known mentally Ill, and PEOPLE ON THE FUCKING TERRORIST WATCHLIST!
6) Limit size of magazines you can purchase.
7) Notification of or limits on large purchases of ammo. Again, I don't want to hear shit. I can't buy more than 2 or 3 packages of cold medicine, and the banks notify if there are large amounts of money moved. Precedence has been set in my eyes
8) No online sales of hardware or ammo. If I gotta go to a state run/sanctioned liquor store, you can do the same for products designed to kill.
It's up to the gunners. They can continue to balj at every suggestion. But every one of these mass murders changes minds to an, all out ban like Australia. Get on board now man, or you're gonna lose you're guns all together. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But every massacre moves you one step closer. Perhaps a little inconvenience, mostly no more than what it tales to get a drivers license or board a plane is worth it.....