To the 2nd amendment extremists - you have the blood of children on your hands

[PoliticalBiker]

42. I own guns...

... legally. And a bow too.

I DO NOT nor will I EVER support the NRA.

However -

I do have a problem with how gun laws are administered in this country.

Banning this type of gun or that type of gun, restricting magizine size or similar kinds of laws skirt the issue and effect the wrong group. Gun laws and fees and the like generally impact LEGAL gun owners making it more expensive and restrictive for those that wish to own guns legally. The group we need to create laws for are the ones that don't get guns through legal means or have nefarious reasons for getting them. Access to guns is the biggest problem we have. It's easy to get one and thanks to the NRA, getting easier and easier as time goes on.

Reasonable laws and regulations need to be universally implemented in all states. Registration, background checks and purchase limits are reasonable conditions that do little to impact legal ownership outside of a few time impositions. What they do is to provide an avenue to catch those that may not have the legal right to own a gun or are too unstable to own a gun from getting access to one. Laws like that don't eliminate the possiblity that those that shouldn't have a gun from getting one, but it is one mechanism toward that goal.

Another would be that before a gun can be sold, it has be ballistics tested to make sure the numbers match and the ballistics are on record. This would not impact the buyer, but it would put the onus on the seller to make sure the gun is legal and hasn't been used in a crime prior to being sold.

The ability to obtain an untraceable gun is wide open in this country if you are bent on obtaining one and thanks in large part to the NRA and if they had their way would be freely accessible everywhere. The NRA has a platform to do a world of good when it comes to useful and responsible regulation when it comes to gun ownership, but they do not use it. Instead, they advocate repealing and interferring with any and all gun legislation in all states everywhere. They are on the side of allowing guns in school zones and hospitals and shopping malls and arcades. Is it any wonder we have higher incidents of gun violence than any other industrialized nation?

Guns are a constitutionally protected right. With that right comes responsiblity for proper use.