Letting Kids Shoot Guns Is Good for Them--TIME magazine, Aug. 28, 2014

[Lurks Often]

96. Ah, the "sensible laws" approach

Lots of pretty words, but no details on how you are going to get such "sensible laws" through the state legislatures, Congress and have them hold up to judicial scrutiny.

There are plenty of laws on the books, it's that the prosecutors tend not charge people when they have weak cases. Using the tragedy in AZ as an example, who are they going to charge? The instructor is dead, the nine year old who was holding the UZI in her hands shouldn't be charged and you have to prove that the two parents, who I am certain was assured that what they were doing was perfectly safe, were reckless or negligent under AZ law.

Given that what happened in AZ is only the second time I am aware of that someone died when shooting a rented machine gun, you are going to have a tough time convincing state legislatures and Congress that this is worth their time and worth the political fight of getting gun control legislation through Congress, especially since members of Congress will attach their own amendments. You MIGHT get a law restricting the age of who can rent a machine gun, along with that you might also get a law that mandates ALL 50 states recognize other states concealed carry permits.