This Gun-Nut has had enough.

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159. Bulls-eye! Right On Target.

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Just saw this thread and read your writing. I feel the same way. I posted this as a reply to another thread, but realized it more properly belongs here. (I hope I'm not breaking any rules by double-posting.) But I wanted you to realize that you're not alone, Glassunion. Not by a long shot . . .

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I hope we start moving in the direction of prudent, sensible gun control by creating:

1.) A Federal database/agency to track all gun owners and their firearms.
2.) Permanent titles to follow each gun, in the manner of automobile titles.
3.) A national buy-back program for all handguns. (It's always amazed me that sawed-off shotguns are outlawed because they're too easily concealed, but .357 and .44 handguns, along with 20+ round magazines for Glocks and other semi-autos are just fine, thank you very much . . .)
4.) Tracked ballistics on every gun sold. (Fire the gun once; keep its ballistic signature on file in a national database.)
5.) Higher pricing and taxes on ammo.
6.) More resources devoted to public health issues (both mental and physical).
7.) In-depth, mandatory training and proficiency testing for gun owners (ala driving privileges and the DMV).
8.) Longer waiting periods and deeper background checks.
9.) New legislation that outlaws assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
10.) A legislative/lobbying counterweight to the NRA as powerful and effective as that now ethically-compromised and morally-bankrupt right-wing organization.

We won't solve the problem of American gun crime overnight. But we can start moving in the right direction; we can begin "to drain the toxic swamp" of too-easy gun access, little or no firearms training and out-of-control handgun proliferation. We can take a longer, harder look at our gun-loving, kill-crazy culture that elevates the fetishistic worship of handguns and assault weapons over the peace and safety of its citizens.

I know I have. Sandy Hook was the tipping point for me.

Ex-marine and Current Gun Owner