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Background checks are literally just a distraction.
Just about every shooter bought the gun they used through legal means.
The gun show loopholes are a distraction. Can you think of a mass shooter that bought their gun at a gun show?
Assault rifles are a distractive talking point. The same damage can be done with your average 9mm.
Even if all 3 of these things were fixed we'd still have mass shootings.
My suggestion is to regulate guns the same way we do vehicles.
1. Require a license to own a gun they must be renewed at least on a biannual basis.
2. Require liability insurance to own a gun.
3. As a condition of the license and insurance a thorough examination by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist must be completed. Any diagnosis such as bipolar, depression, anxiety etc would disqualify you.
Insurance companies would be required to have access to your social media to review in setting your monthly premiums.
4. Require registration on guns that must be renewed on an annual basis.
You could not buy and pick up a gun until you present paperwork for all of the above being completed. Once you get the gun the initial registration is completed.
5. Failure to register annually would result in fines. The fines would increase in amount if not paid. If that fines go unpaid you would not be able to renew vehicle registration or driver's license.
You would be given a choice of paying the fines or giving up your firearms and having the fines dismissed!
You then cannot buy a firearm again for 2 years!
None of this precludes you from having a gun.
It just makes sure that you are safe to have it. It makes sure that they are properly tracked.
Having to go through such means to obtain a firearm would almost certainly ensure that a person thinking of a mass shooting either doesn't get the gun or having to go through all these steps I'll call him to back off the idea.
Just about every shooter bought the gun they used through legal means.
The gun show loopholes are a distraction. Can you think of a mass shooter that bought their gun at a gun show?
Assault rifles are a distractive talking point. The same damage can be done with your average 9mm.
Even if all 3 of these things were fixed we'd still have mass shootings.
My suggestion is to regulate guns the same way we do vehicles.
1. Require a license to own a gun they must be renewed at least on a biannual basis.
2. Require liability insurance to own a gun.
3. As a condition of the license and insurance a thorough examination by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist must be completed. Any diagnosis such as bipolar, depression, anxiety etc would disqualify you.
Insurance companies would be required to have access to your social media to review in setting your monthly premiums.
4. Require registration on guns that must be renewed on an annual basis.
You could not buy and pick up a gun until you present paperwork for all of the above being completed. Once you get the gun the initial registration is completed.
5. Failure to register annually would result in fines. The fines would increase in amount if not paid. If that fines go unpaid you would not be able to renew vehicle registration or driver's license.
You would be given a choice of paying the fines or giving up your firearms and having the fines dismissed!
You then cannot buy a firearm again for 2 years!
None of this precludes you from having a gun.
It just makes sure that you are safe to have it. It makes sure that they are properly tracked.
Having to go through such means to obtain a firearm would almost certainly ensure that a person thinking of a mass shooting either doesn't get the gun or having to go through all these steps I'll call him to back off the idea.