Yet another reason why we need very strict gun control

But, would you find it acceptable if you were charged a fee for going through that checkpoint?

Regardless, if someone can show good evidence that these measures will actually get guns out of criminal hands, I might even support them. Unfortunately, even the supporters of the bans admit that the criminals won't bother following these laws anyway. The straw buyers already pass background checks and are already committing a felony by buying the guns for criminals, so breaking another law isn't likely to make much difference to them. Criminals rarely use guns on the assault weapons ban list, so banning them restricts millions of Americans who use them legally to try to restrict a handful of criminals that use them illegally. Most of the proposed restrictions are very similar - they restrict the law abiding with very little expected impact to the criminals.

Laws that even the pro-gun crowd could support are ones that restrict the criminals exclusively, such as mandatory 5-year, no plea/no parole add on for any felony or violent misdemeanor that involves a gun. Illegal possession by any felon is an automatic no plea/no parole 5+ year sentence. Similarly stiffen the punishments for straw buying and other such crimes. Laws like these only affect criminals and get the criminals off the street - thereby directly impacting gun crime without impacting law-abiding citizens.

 

I still don't want anymore gun control.

 

problem is that such measures have been proven ineffective, so why would you continue to push. It screams ulterior motive!

 

Maybe parents should be required to obtain a permit to have children, as this is a parenting issue, not a gun issue. Lack of adult supervision of children when they are around hazardous items and lack of training on those items is the core of this issue.

 

Not true. TRY AGAIN!

 

Yet another reason to ignore the author of this thread.