It is so disturbing to continuously watch these horrible mass shootings and reflect on how our broken political system is unable to take simple steps to blunt the impact. Here is what I think would be very beneficial and would not impact gun lovers who want to kill animals or shoot for sport.
1) Ban all high velocity guns when simply pulling the trigger can spray out multiply shots per second. There is no need for military type weapons.
2) Inforce background checks on ALL purchases.
3) Require parent approval for anyone under age 21.
4) Require a 14 day waiting period before one can take possession of their gun purchase.
Now the NRA types will say it's impossible to control private party gun sales or sales at gun shows. I completely disagree. To make this work....
a) Make it a felony to sell a gun directly to anybody without going through the proper procedure.
b) The transaction process would work like this.
1) Seller and Buyer would fill out a sales form that has all the information for the background check and the seller and buyer information.
2) Seller and Buyer would agree on a gun retail shop for the gun to be deposited. Seller would take the gun to the retail gun shop. At gun shows there are probably gun dealers on site who could take immediate possession.
3) For a small fee the gun shop would run the background check and hold the gun waiting for the check to be completed and approved and the 14 day wait to expire.
4) Once the sale has been approved and the 14 day wait has passed the buyer can stop buy and pick up the gun.
Simple deal that the gun shops would probably love since they will get more traffic into their stores from sellers and buyers.
5) And finally we should offer a generous buy back program for those in possession of banned guns who would like to be reimbursed for their costs.
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