Should we try to form an alliance with gun dealers?

[BlueStreak]

45. Regarding your points 1) and 3)

1) They get lots of customers into their shop because every transaction must be processed by a dealer.

As a costumer I only buy used when I have no other choice (who knows what the last guy put it through) costumer counts will go up but not drastically

If you have to go to a store to consummate a private transaction (an email sale, a gun show sale, or whatever) that is a significant benefit to the dealer. Any retail business loves to have reasons for customers to come into their store. Even if you don't buy a new gun, maybe you buy some ammo, accessories, or clothing. Maybe you join his amil list. Maybe he gives you a discount coupon for the next time you need to buy something. This is retailing 101.

3) Every owner would be required to take periodic safety training, which would be by fee to the dealer. Again, this should not be a prohibitive fee to the gun owners. If we need to supplement the payment to the dealer, I am very happy for the taxpayer to carry a burden there. That is a hell of a lot better than what we have today.

Odds are this training will require actual shooting. out of all the stores in my area only one has a range, so you will have his support but the others will see no upside. You will have to show them one.

Maybe some of those dealers go out of business. Maybe some add a shooting range in their store. I don't think you need a huge space to conduct safety training. That isn't the same thing as target practice. But if it is completely impractical for a gun dealer to accommodate that in his shop, maybe he strikes a deal with a local range for the store to conduct any written test and for the range to do the shooting portion. This could be combined with promotions to get the customer coming back to the range regularly.

It seems to me if people get off the bogus "second amendment" crap and start thinking constructively, there ought to be ways to find solutions we all could live with.