If your first reaction to shootings is.....

[SheilaT]

14. My first reaction is: What the fuck is wrong with everyone?

Once again, and no one ever seems to learn.

I advocate confiscation of guns, which is oddly unpopular, even here on Democratic Underground.

Okay, so I'll set out a reasonable passage to total gun confiscation:

We start with this, that all guns must be registered. And carry liability insurance.

If you're caught with an unregistered gun you lose your privilege to own a gun FOREVER. Got that? Forever.

And all guns must carry liability insurance. Meaning if a gun registered to you is used in the commission of a crime, you are responsible. All guns must be locked up. If your gun is stolen, report it as stolen. It if it used in a crime in the next two years, you are liable. Because you obviously did not do a very good job of keeping it secure. I'll grant an amnesty after two years.

But if your stolen gun is used to commit a crime, you lose FOREVER the right to own a gun.

If you are a hunter, your gun is kept with an appropriate authority. When hunting season opens, and you have the correct license, you may retrieve your gun and an appropriate amount of ammunition, and return all such when hunting season is over, or you've kille whatever you were licensed to kill.

If you are caught with an unlicensed gun, you will be sent to prison for a minimum of twenty years, no parole.

If you think this is too onerous to live with, then move to some country with less onerous laws.