I can't understand why you are so down on registration of firearms and
the attendant paperwork and
bureaucracy.
The purpose of all that is to help find the perpetrator when he robs a
7/11, shoots someone, and
leaves his gun on the counter as he departs.
Now get off this negative attitude!
There's another aspect of mandatory gun registration that I'd like to
see implemented and enforced.* Similar to some of the Admiralty/Maritime
laws, I think firearms used in any kind of criminal activity should have
some level of responsibility traced back to the owner on record,
regardless if the owner on record was even remotely connected to the
crime committed.
Before Greg points out that it "wouldn't have prevented any mass
killings" so therefore it's not helpful,* I'd like to make the point
that perhaps with some criminal responsibility hanging on owner's heads
they may be more careful in the control of who has access to their
firearms.* I am thinking of the kid in one of these shootings who got
the firearm from his mother who technically owned it.
It's more of an issue of reinforcing awareness of the responsibility
that goes with having firearms.
1 or 2 new laws certainly are not going to end mass shootings or
criminal activities using firearms.* What is required is a cultural
change that includes those who are so adamant about their 2nd Amendment
rights and all the naysayers who find every reason in the world to argue
that any further attempt to control the use and ownership of firearms is
fruitless.* Change has to start somewhere.* Better to recognize and
accept that there's a serious problem and support those reasonable
attempts to at least have some potential affect than to turn a blind eye
and wake up someday to find that far more draconian measures have been
enacted.
I fully support the right to gun ownership for last resort self defense
and sporting activities.* With that right comes responsibility however.
I'd extend that responsibility to anyone who "gifts" a kid a firearm.
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