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I think its time to revisit this issue. What would be a "common sense " compromise on the gun control issue? With all the attention recently being brought to bear by the media, legislation WILL come out of this. The question, what would be less offensive to the "people of the gun"? Can we make it something effective for a change? What would YOU agree to?
My opinion is that anyone who is walking free should be able to own & carry a gun, which also has the implication that anyone who can't should be in lockup and/or getting inpatient mental health treatment. While I recognize this is unreasonable, especially with all our prisons and jails being full, I still prefer partial disarmament over everyone loosing their rights. How do we make that happen?
I firmly believe that any effective legislation would have to address WHO can't have guns, not the guns themselves. It should always have some method to get gun rights restored that doesn't require hiring a lawyer.
1.) Fix the NICS system. However that happens, it needs to be fixed. Its currently garbage.
2.) Universal background checks. I don't want them, but I think they're going to happen at the federal level sometime soon. I don't like the way Oregon and Washington implemented them. I shouldn't have to pay a middleman to sell my private property. If the goal is keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the insane, I'd much prefer the establishment/requirement of the use of a self-service background check/verification web portal. If someone has a CCP or something like an Illinois FOID cart, it should be easy to establish some sort of verification system. Anything else is just pushing more unnecessary government in our lives.
Does anybody agree on 1 and/or 2 above? If not, why and what would you change/add? With the currently political climate, something has to give or we WILL loose rights.
My opinion is that anyone who is walking free should be able to own & carry a gun, which also has the implication that anyone who can't should be in lockup and/or getting inpatient mental health treatment. While I recognize this is unreasonable, especially with all our prisons and jails being full, I still prefer partial disarmament over everyone loosing their rights. How do we make that happen?
I firmly believe that any effective legislation would have to address WHO can't have guns, not the guns themselves. It should always have some method to get gun rights restored that doesn't require hiring a lawyer.
1.) Fix the NICS system. However that happens, it needs to be fixed. Its currently garbage.
2.) Universal background checks. I don't want them, but I think they're going to happen at the federal level sometime soon. I don't like the way Oregon and Washington implemented them. I shouldn't have to pay a middleman to sell my private property. If the goal is keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the insane, I'd much prefer the establishment/requirement of the use of a self-service background check/verification web portal. If someone has a CCP or something like an Illinois FOID cart, it should be easy to establish some sort of verification system. Anything else is just pushing more unnecessary government in our lives.
Does anybody agree on 1 and/or 2 above? If not, why and what would you change/add? With the currently political climate, something has to give or we WILL loose rights.