General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The gun humpers are out in force pushing back on taking action on gun restrictions. [View all]Model35mech
(2,047 posts)But I do think any licensing that covers conditions that are so changeable, should at least be renewed regularly.
In the not too far back here in Wisconsin you had to be re-tested for rules of the road and vision every driver's license renewal. Seems to me that renewal of a gun-ownership permit should be treated no less seriously.
IMO there are multiple hazard control points that should be in play in reducing gun risks. I don't see it as only a gun problem. Some of the potential control points are characteristics of PEOPLE, and some of them refer to characteristics of the GUNS, and some of them are characteristics of the community in which the gun will be used. None of the control points can probably be made perfect and so none alone will probably prevent every mass shooting/mass-killing. But, perhaps in combination they could work together and in series to lower the probabilities of misuse of deadly force that right now in the US are quite clearly the worst in the world.