You won't find anyone here more 'pro gun' than I am.

BUT.

I think UBC is a half-assed measure that won't help much, but is worth doing. You see, I want to keep guns out of the hands of shitbags. That's a given. I ALSO want to ruin the value of a firearm on the black market as well, which makes my guns less of a target for theft. So I support universal registration. It's possible. We did it with fully auto weapons. We can do it with all firearms.

It's going to require some 'give' though. Open the NFA registry. And it's going to have to cost less to register a gun than the NFA tax stamps. 200 bucks is a non-starter for most gun owners. I couldn't even afford to register all my guns at that price. I'd sooner buy a car. Or sell 5 or 7 of them so I could afford the rest.

My proposal, and I stand by it:

1. Open the NFA registry.
2. Extend the NFA registry down to include semi-auto weapons or all weapons.
3. Make the registration permanent. None of this 're-register every 2 years' horseshit. It's mine till I transfer it.
4. No onerous regulations around 'transfers' to a spouse or kid, or friend, at the range. As long as I own it, it's MINE and my responsibility, handing it to my co-worker doesn't constitute a 'transfer' of ownership.
5. Mandatory minimums for unlawful possession.
6. Another excise tax on sales, to defray registry costs, and to fund LEO follow-up on guns that are possessed by people who have BECOME ineligible.


So, we get:

no more grey market transfers or sneaky shit.
can confiscate weapons from people with new restraining orders or DV charges.

They get:

NFA weapons
cheaper registration