One big problem with your cite. It's an op ed piece with no supporting documentation. It says that it does have but has no links back to the source. And then it asks for money. Usually I ding the rightwingers sources. This time I am dinging a leftwingers source. The Guardian is a sister to the Observer which is a British Sensational Rag. Both are owned by the same people. And both often use the same tactics. The only difference is, the Guardian is sometimes more right than the Observer. But when you see an op ed piece on the net that doesn't link back then there is a very good chance it's mostly made up. And this is one of them.
Now, where is the Australian Proof. You presented the English Rag version which means absolutely nothing. Now where is the Australian.
For the record (again), Daryl would repeal the 2nd Amendment and ban all guns, per his vote.
He has no credibility.
He is a ******* commie.
Carry on.
My kids and lot of other kids will repeal it hopefully in our time. Gun ownership is for the 1700s you don't need it now.
Things were much simpler in 1780. The writing of the 2nd amendment made sense then. We still need a 2nd amendment but updated for todays needs. In order to do that, it would have to be repealed because a new amendment that would supercede it would do exactly that in order to bring it into the modern world. This is what we should be talking about. Not banning all guns. Banning all guns just ain't going to happen. Insisting on that makes about as much sense as the gun crazies saying that all regulations are Unconstitutional.
What would you suggest then?
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As it's already been proven, those that are licensed are not part of the problem. If any weapon is used as the go to weapon with the highest body count, move it up one step. Make it have to have a FFL license. If anyone can pass a simple background check to purchase any regular firearm, they can easily pass the first step license in the FFL licensing. Okay, it will cost 200 bucks. It will also require proper storage. Had the Father of the last school shooting had the proper storage, his weapons would not have been available so easy to his son. But those were normal firearms and I don't think they would apply for this idea. But a couple of the School Shootings with high body counts by teens under the age of 21, it would have. In fact, all of the shooting where the AR was used in the mass shootings would have probably been prevented. People that have to be properly licensed are NOT the problem and never have been. It's a right to own own one but it's the communities right to require you to be licensed.
Raise the age limit to purchase or possess firearms except under direct supervision to the age of 21. Again, there goes another crop of Mass Shooters.
Out law the 30 round clips. Colorado has a 15 round mag limit. While I would have had the limit at 20, 15 still works. The 30, 50 and 100 round mags means that the AR can put out a lot of ammo fast. The only good news about the 100 round is it is prone to jam at an unspecified number of rounds. The Theater Shooter had his jam just over 50 rounds.
Everyone needs to have a background check when purchasing a weapon. This should include private sales. Colorado went to that. You can do private sales but you have to go to a gun dealer and have them run the background check before you can purchase them privately. At gunshows, there are always a few gun dealers with the ability to run a background check. For 7 or 8 bucks, that's not too much to ask.
I am a big proponent of CCW. I see so many potential problems with open carry without the CCW. If a person wants to open carry, require them to also have a CCW license. The ones that don't have the CCW strut, roll their hips and are more into intimidation than anything else. To them, it's showing their Manhood. I won't stop the open carry but it would be best to not have it and just have CCW. Make the bad guy try and guess who is armed and who isn't. It also gives the CCW person the option not to draw the weapon. I won't go into why that option might be used.
If a firearm is used in a crime, the person that owns that firearm should be equally held responsible for the crime as if they held the weapon. If they want to be sloppy in storage and their kid goes to school and shoots 7 kids then the owner of that weapon should also be standing trial for First Degree Homicide. If the gun is used in a robbery then the owner should be held responsible for that crime as well. The owner should be held responsible for the security of the weapon or they should not have them in the first place.
That's about it. I find these as the common sense gun laws outside of the normal automatic, explosives laws.
Can't wait for the Gun Nutters responses on this one.