Great plan.
1. Unlike "health care" or "education" the constitution states that right to arms should be guaranteed to all. What better way to guarantee that than have a free AR for everyone?
2. Everyone has a right to self defense and that can best be guaranteed by providing them an AR. Thousands die every year from not having their self defense needs met.
3. Gun prices have been steadily increasing and have become unaffordable. We need to make them affordable, the best way to proceed is a "single payer" option - whereby the government purchases everyone a firearm.
4. There are other nations where this is already done - in Switzerland everyone has an AR in the closet. The homicide rate in Switzerland is much lower than that of America, if you don't support the proposal, you are a murderer.
5. Myriads of other benefits. Lower administrative costs, improvement of US defensive capability, higher quality and better coverage (we of course let an American choose the firearm according to his needs). The list goes on and on. It is simply common sense.
Folks, no one should go without the means to defend themselves!
Wrong, the Swiss will first have to serve their 2 years in the Military including Reserve. They get to take it home AFTER they get their request approved. Most don't bother.
Now, the Swiss doesn't allow those authorized weapons to be out in the streets unless they are called upon for service and then it's a Military Action including full Military Uniforms. Otherwise, that firearm is kept under lock and key. Without military service, a regular citizen is banned from owning a firearm without doing some pretty long paperwork.
That is not quite accurate.
Switzerland has a very strong weapons culture, and while they do have a mandatory conscription law, it does not require service for you to be able to acquire full auto firearms, and you can take those military grade weapons out as you wish, for practice, hunting, defense, etc.
The paperwork for those without sevice is trivial actually.
{...
Firearms regulation in Switzerland allows the acquisition of
semi-automatic, and -with a may-issue permit-
fully automatic firearms, by Swiss citizens and foreigners with or without permanent residence.
[note 1][2] The laws pertaining to the acquisition of firearms in Switzerland are amongst the most liberal in the world.
[3] Furthermore, Swiss gun laws are primarily about the acquisition of arms, not ownership. As such a license is not required to own a gun by itself, but a shall-issue permit is required to purchase most types of firearms. A reason is not required to own a gun unless the reason is
other than sport-shooting, hunting, or collecting.
[4] Permits for
concealed carrying in public are issued sparingly.
[note 2][5] The acquisition of fully automatic weapons, suppressors and target lasers requires special permits issued by the cantonal firearms office.
[6] Over-the-counter sale of hollow-point and soft-point ammunition is limited to hunting.
[7]
...}
en.wikipedia.org
The only thing they are tight about is concealed carry permits.
