What defines "reasonable restrictions"?

[MicaelS]

13. Well let’s see….

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No weapon ownership for convicted felons

Restrict it to those convicted of violent felonies. Misdemeanors don’t count. Someone who writes a hot check shouldn’t be prevented from owning a gun.

Criminal background checks prior to purchase not to exceed 1 per year (assuming convicted felons serve at least a year in confinement)

I find the current NICS system perfectly acceptable.

Beyond that, to any "extensive" background check, then who pays for this? Is funded by the Federal Government or does the Gun Owner bear the cost? How long does it take? What are the disqualifying criteria? I think that is simply too much for any non-NFA weapon.

No weapon ownership for those convicted of domestic violence.

As long as there is concrete evidence of domestic violence. No simply she said / he said.

Incentivized weapon safety classes

What is the incentive, and what does the gun owner get from the class or classes? Do they get a Nationwide Carry Permit?

Mandatory liability insurance ala car ownership

No, sorry, this one is unacceptable. Too many chances for abuse by the authorities.

“You let your insurance expire? You don’t have enough insurance for that many guns. You go to jail?”

Too much like that “Safe Storage” requirements with only the authorities deciding what is “safe”. Some criminal cuts his way into a gun safe with a blow torch, some the “Safe Storage” advocates want the gun owner to be held criminally liable.

Mandatory liability insurance and “Safe Storage” are just stealth tactics to prevent all but a privileged and wealthy few from owning guns and keeping them in their homes.