How about a real conversation about the gun issue .
Here's what I think .
Background Checks, no private sale or gun show loopholes . Gun registration so we can follow the gun and prevent straw purchases. Local gun licenses thru the police Those things would help keep guns away from criminals and kooks . That's the majority of the gun problem.
In return . The law abiding can buy all the guns they want . U can only shoot 2 at a time at best . U want a 20 round clip, go ahead and have a party . License to carry, ok with me .
What's the down side ?
sorry Tim, no cigar. We aren't compromising.
I will make one deal with obama. He gives up abortions, and I'll turn in my guns
At least people have lived thru some of the shootings. Abortion, not so much
Obama has nothing to do wh abortion !!!
This thread is about gun compromise .
No this thread is about an idiot who thinks he has something valid to say. There are hundreds of gun laws on the books. States with the strictest of these laws tend to have the highest number of gun murders proving them all ineffective while the state with the fewest gun laws has the least gun murders.
Compare New Jersey and Vermont for example.
Vermont has virtually no gun laws. The don't require registration, concealed carry permits and they are an open carry state. 42% of Vermonters own weapons. Their gun murder rate is 0.3/100,000 residents.
New Jersey:
Concealed Permit:
May Issue to Residents and Non-Residents
Issuance of the permit is almost completely discretionary, and New Jersey courts have upheld the policy of strictly limiting permits “to persons specifically employed in security work . . . and to others who can establish an urgent necessity for carrying guns for self-protection.”
As a may issue state, discretion is left in the hands of the applicant's local law enforcement agency chief.
New Jersey has a gun ownership rate of 12.3% and a gun murder rate of 2.8/ 100,000 residents
3 and a half times as many guns and 1/9 the number of gun related murders.