In the last 5 months there have been at least 71 kids killed by guns. Average just under 6 years old

[bobclark86]

42. So... when the fuck will someone...

propose a law that will slow this down? An AWB won't do it. Background checks won't do it. Short of banning all guns (which I know some here advocate), you know what would severely retard this rate?

Safe storage for homes with children.

Gun locks are already available for every gun sold by a dealer in New York (most have a box of the trigger locks and a box of the cable locks). Every police station in my area has a box of cable locks for whoever wants them. Most manufacturers include them at no cost (and some, like S&W and Remington, often build them into the gun). Gun safes start at $100 for a metal cabinet with a key lock on up to the $20,000 big fireproof safes that make most banks look lax.

Fuck biometrics or other "smart" guns -- a $1 lock is more than adequate except for the most-determined, oh, and it ain't got no batteries to die on you.

You have a kid? Lock it up. Your grand kids come over for the weekend? Lock it up. Failure to do so is a felony.

There. Your accident is more than halved, and the homicides (if stored in a safe) will also go down.

And for the car crowd: Who gives a shit if the murder and accident rates are down. So are the rates for cars. Does that mean we're going to stop trying to get either of them lower?

EDIT: We can start with this: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1883/text