I am not thinking this as leading gun control, I am viewing as trading a few items to get a few items. I would trade Universal Background Checks for killing most of NFA in a heartbeat.
What if Semi Auto’s were not banned but required a similar set of hoops to jump through such as purchasing a suppressor? That way folks could still own and enjoy them but it would be a commitment and take some serious time to acquire.A thought…Your prototypical mass shooter is a young (18), angry white male with a proclivity for guns. Kind of hits home thinking about the hunting tribe.
My wish list item is banning civilian possession of semi automatics. Constitutional originalist, perhaps.
I’m convinced this country is incapable of progress on reasonable gun control until two generations of voters die off and a more educated, less dogmatic cohort takes over.
The easy money bet right now is plenty of meaningless #thoughtsandprayers and absolutely zero progress.
100% agree. I hate the FFL process.
These was definitely my opinion as well, though now I'm wondering if it's correct. Certainly we see other types of attacks around the world, and in the US... but they still aren't at the scale of US mass shootings. For instance if you aggregate Europe, you don't see parity between truck/poison/explosive/knife/ etc attacks with US shootings. In the US context we might, maybe it's a cultural thing?
True. But the mass shootings that make national news typically involve high capacity magazines.
There are laws in place the prevent the Federal government from creating an electronic gun registry database. I presume the arguments are based on some fear of the big bad government becoming run by an autocrat and deciding to seize guns. This is what makes background check so onerous. It’s all paper. The argument is ridiculous in our current day. We can determine who owns a gun by looking at who buys hunting licenses or who uses credit cards to purchase ammo. Our entire lives are electronic. There is no way to make progress on any change when people won’t accept the reality of our modern lives. We willingly give up rights all the time. I’m not sure why that one is on your list.
You mean with less gun violence? Isn’t that the point?
My 1928 Remington model 24 22 long rifle is a semi automatic. How would this constitute needing a permit? How would you expect law makers to know the difference and apply it where it’s enforceable? As much as I want to like your post on the suppression part, the first part is almost impossible.
Exactly, I doubt there are more than a handful of folks that have made all of their firearm/ammo/reloading supplies/hunting license purchases in cash.
I largely agree, heck if bought via FFL it is just a warrant away from govt hands in the event of a crime anyway as they keep the paper for decades. Plus all the other data sources that can be inferences you referenced. But knowing it is a big deal for some I put it on a hopefully balanced list. Frankly I am not sure background checks really work much in the first place given the hundred of millions of firearms in circulation, but that is a “give” to “get” NFA strip down. Simply my internal horse-trading.
That is bordering on a snarky trope. Better to offer thoughts on what we could do about Chicago gun violence or some thoughts about how gun controls in one city are pointless in a sea of lesser controls.
I personally prefer dropping the hoops on SBRs and suppressors and don't really see value to either side in adding ARs - they are either legal or not, you either pass a background check or you don't. Adding a $200 fee and a year wait does very little for public safety - particularly given the very small number of murders via AR.
