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Originally Posted by Cuepee
1- expanded back ground checks, including SM, while expanding exclusions for mentally ill and those reported to have done or threatened violence
2- cool off times for the above as well, so even if you somehow qualify you are forced to wait weeks/months
1. this would be awesome but entirely too hard to legislate. My neighbor gets to snitch on me because I refuse to get rid of the dandelions on my lawn?
2. I see no issue with tying some sort of #1 to #2. If it takes 60 days to do a complete BG check, then that may be the best cooling off period. Cooling off time would help ME to control my urge to BUY_RIGHT_NOW... lol.
How about adding:
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ownership of weapons determined to be at age of maturity. Sounds very unlikely but if "boys or girls" don't develop until a certain age (let's say 25 years old as a starting point), then ownership of a weapon is illegal until then.
-to continue, make the parents (or above the 25 yo "responsible adult" age) responsible for securing all weapons. Grandpa may have given you a rifle at age 8 in his will,,,, but the parents must maintain security until age 25. Dad can take son to a shoot at any age but must be present when the gun(s) are out of the mandatory safe. Kid gets a gun in his/her hands without supervision, parent goes to jail.
-OMG, please get rid of all transfer loopholes. Gun shows need to make transfers under FFL guidance (some states already do this). Guns from dad to daughter should need an FFL transfer as well.
-As many have said relating to this argument, simply fund the enforcement of the current laws and gun control gets...under control.
As an owner of a NRA life membership, it kinda disgusts me about the talking point "We can't give up one single inch to the anti-gun lobby"
I do believe that in the current USA, mental health issues are the current cause of the school-shooting problem. Not too many guns.