I have been thinking on why Gun Owners are becoming increasingly defensive

[nadinbrzezinski]

131. But you are the one also making blanket statemetns that gun owners are racists

Personally some policy changes I would like to see are ....

Small mags, if a state says you cannot have more than 5 rounds when hunting, that is the size you sell in the civilian market, 5 round mags

Close all the background loopholes... the gun show loophole, the private transfer loophole... all of them, and this has a LOT OF POPULAR support.

And yes, UNLESS you happen to inherit grand dad's collection, which might or might not be that extensive due to how far back it goes..buying more than 2 side arms for home defense, and a shotgun... maybe a rifle for hunting... should raise mental health concerns.

I have one exception... that I personally know, but he is a competitive shooter. He shoots in both the US and European circuits, and is hoping to make the US Olympic team. So he as competitive shooting weapons. Europe does not use the AR for that, but the US does... for example. So he needs two, custom made... expensive as hell, .223... cops are the other group that might have more than what most of us would consider normal. a side arm, an onion field, a third gun in case the other two should fail, a shotgun and an AR 15 or M-14 are not that uncommon.

To do that, where having 70 guns and 100 rifles, would trigger a 51-50 call we need to have a registry... yes I said the R word. and many, if not most, gun owners on both sides are against the R word. Why? They fear confiscation is next. And it might not pass constitutional muster either.

I also want smart gun technology, and smart gun technology that can be back fitted to guns already in the market. That will solve some of the issues with stolen guns. Yeah, pretty much, you steal my 40 cal, and it is a smart gun, good luck using it beyond a hammer. And those, like locks, should be mandatory.

Licensing is a good idea but will not pass constitutional muster. Insurance will not work for multiple reasons. (All legal) So we do have a particular constraint that will not go anywhere, (though that will change when, not if when Heller is revisited, it is Heller that has created a lot of this mess making more and more impossible to do things like deny CCWs)