I don't care what anyone thinks about their right to own guns

[branford]

213. Licensing and training requirement are -generally- already constitutional

and exist in many jurisdictions, and it is already illegal under federal law for someone adjudicated as a danger to themselves and others to purchase, own or carry firearms. Many, if not most, gun owners and gun rights advocates (including the NRA) also have no desire for the truly mentally ill and dangerous to have access to firearms, and support better mental health services.

The idea that "anybody with a pulse can have as many guns as they want" is simply not even remotely true. Firearms are very highly regulated products at the federal, state and local levels, particularly for an item expressly protected in the Constitution. The fact that some want significantly more regulation or restrictions, or would like "undesirable" people (however one chooses to define the term) to lose access, does not change this undeniable fact.

For a constitutional standpoint, what gun controllers cannot do is pass laws for the express purpose of just dissuading gun ownership or to diminish "gun culture."

Also, be careful about using automobiles as a regulatory standard for firearms. Virtually anyone can acquire a driver's license, including felons and the mentally ill, they cannot be denied because of membership in unpopular groups or to those who hold loathsome beliefs, the quality of drivers on the road is certainly nothing to brag about, a license is not required to own or operate a vehicle on private property, and most significantly, a license in any state permits the owner to drive any car anywhere in the USA. If guns were suddenly regulated like cars, gun rights advocates would win their largest net gain in American history.