Honestly? No, I don't. All rhetoric aside, I've been purchasing pistols and long guns, bolt action and semi-autos for most of my adult life and I've NEVER bought a single weapon from a licensed dealer where I wasn't already required to submit to a NICS background check and to sign a legal document that carries a warning of federal conviction for falsifying or lying about the conditions I was attesting to.
Is it possible that a person with a mental problem can purchase a weapon and not be caught in that screening? ABSOLUTELY. What changes would you suggest that would stop such a situation? It is near impossible to handle as many transactions per day as the system requires and to dig any deeper into each individual. Changing the legal age for purchase might catch a few but the last two slaughters by 18-year-olds are an extreme rarity. The truth is that only a minuscule number of killings occur each year with long guns of any description. Handguns, by far and away account for the majority of deaths and injuries.
The idea of banning semi-auto rifles with large capacity magazines is impractical to the point of lunacy. I'll use the typical ownership as an example. Let's say I own an AR-style and an AK-style semi-auto with multiple 30 rd magazines. New regulations on sales would not affect me at all unless the law was also written such that I couldn't ever sell my own property. How would that be regulated? How would anyone ever know? Registration is an absolute non-starter. It will set fire to the country.
The truth remains that only an extremely small number of gun owners go off and kill strangers and it is almost always a result of organic mental illness. How can the system adequately screen for that?
I have a question for you. Since I believe the most likely option for changing the laws will come with 10 Republicans who are willing to buy into a "red flag" statute, how would YOU write it? Who would be allowed to report the "dangerous person"? What requirements would there be to report the person? Can you report a stranger who you interact with online - like in a forum such as this? If so, where would the line be drawn so that false accusations could be screened out prior to the cops showing up at a person's door, demanding entry?
Yes, you are absolutely right..... The falsifying or the weaponizing of "accusations" is a super slippery slope that can be easily abused by political group's and politicians in order to harass and agitate their political enemies (Hillary verses Trump 2016 campaign). It would tie up the system with false "accusations", otherwise in expectation of actions being taken after the false accusations are made (4 long year's, and the false accusations are still flying or rather they are still being promoted).
The only way to stop what is going on today, is to reinstate the hanging judge's of old...... They will contend with the perp in an emergency session that allows for a speedy process in order to hang the killer that week at sun up Friday morning, otherwise if the court session started that Monday morning. No more heinous killer's living on the good citizen's dime/taxpayer money for year's after such a horrendous crime was committed. If was killed during the shootout, and it was a school shooting, then his body will be hoisted up the flag pole by his feet where it will hang there as a warning for anyone who thinks in such a way, otherwise that killing the innocent is ok when it is an extremely bad idea.
The buzzard's should be allowed to pick his body clean as he hangs there for all to see. The buffalo killer should be brought there in a cage to be forced to watch the buzzard's consume their dinner until nothing but the skeleton remained.
After that he is returned for his justice by hanging. The gallows should be built in the town square, and an appointment set for a sunrise execution... The buffalo killer is brought to the gallows where a hood is placed over his head while citizen's look on. He is asked does he have any last words, and then he is hanged by his neck until dead.
This is the only and best solution in order to gain back control over these psycho's.
A strong message of retaliation by our justice system is the only deterrent for criminal's to fear, and it is to be used as a training tool or a way to get out a message to our young.
Want to tame the uncivilized, then meet them on their level except having a righteous justice in mind when doing so.
It is the only solution to winning back our civilization. Gun's are absolutely not the problem, and the Democrat's hiding behind the excuse is doing nothing but kicking the can down the road to the next one.