Sausage making: what are you willing to concede in return for background checks?

[DanTex]

71. I'd concede a lot. For example, Hughes and conceal carry reciprocity.

Although I do think it's a bad idea to allow concealed carry in places like Manhattan, I think the gun registry would do enough good to counterbalance that. And it would be enough if all handguns and semi-automatic long guns were registered.

I'd also be fine with making the registry confidential, requiring some kind of warrant to access, and any other security precautions. The purpose of the warrant is to prevent guns from getting diverted to criminal markets, not to spy on people and confiscate their guns.

One thing I would want is some kind of annual fee for renewing registrations. The purpose of this is, first, to discourage gun ownership, and particularly "casual" or "irresponsible" gun ownership. And, second, to compensate society for the negative externalities of gun violence.

What I really would want is for handgun ownership to be restricted on a "may issue" basis, so you have to give some kind of reason for owning a handgun, like in a lot of other countries. Of course, that is never going to happen here, but then again neither is a gun registry, or even universal background checks apparently...