Example (none of the times are set in stone):
-10 hours training
I went through two days of training back in the day for my CCW. If your point is that the training mandate does not exist, then you are wrong. It varies by state. I know what you are trying to say... and I'll agree to a degree. I am a gun owner but do feel that in order to purchase a firearm you should be required to take a gun safety course and show proof of that before every purchase...and renew that training every "x" amount of years.
-Licensing exam, including firing range test (you can't parallel park, you may not get your license. How can you get your gun if you have difficulty hitting the broad side of a barn?)
Many CCW courses mandate range time as part of the course. Some do, some don't.
-Waiting period/background check. Lets face it, there are VERY FEW situations where you would legitimately need a handgun overnight. If you truly want one, you can wait 2 weeks util you are green lighted. Hell, it takes longer for kitchen cabinetry.
There is a mandatory background check for firearm purchases now. The FBI provides these. If I am a law abiding citizen, why should I wait? Plus, the reality is, the waiting period does little to nothing to prevent gun related crimes of passion.
-Registration. People should be registered for each type of weapon they own and can own. The number is up for debate.
FUCK THIS. Registration is a master list of legitimate firearm owners - for what purpose? Can you tell me? When I lived in NY, the state knew every handgun I had as it had to be logged on my permit. Here in NC, they maintain a list of every CCW holder in the state that you can request a copy of. The local sheriff's dept knows every time I buy a gun as it is logged by the dealer. That is far enough thank you. Nobody in gov't should have a master list of firearms owned... They should not be able to use that list to profile law abiding citizens or as a means to seizure of weapons. Are criminals required to register theirs?
-Permit tagging or electronic key. This is the hard one. We have it now where they can make wrist bands or other means to make sure YOU are the only one that can fire your gun. There can be provisions applied making your gun registered to yourself, your wife, and your 22 year old kid, but nobody can sneak in, find the gun in the sock drawer, and hold you up with it. Also, this would NOT BE REGISTERED. This is not a government tally sheet. YOU will be able to set and reset your key-bands. They will be issued to you by the licensing division depending on what you are licensed in, but then you can sync it with your own weapons.
Proven not to work... and when I say proven, it has been proven in the field by various law enforcement agencies looking to prevent an officer's firearm from being used against them... The technology would be fucking great if it worked 100% of the time and worked FAST enough.
I would suggest that we could levy hash penalties on anyone who's firearm was stolen from their property or injured a child because they improperly stored it... You start having a zero tolerance policy on stupid shit like that and you will even have the stupid idiots paying attention to the law. My primary carry piece is locked up at all times when not on my person.
That last one, is like I said, difficult.
But we have to find a way to limit guns getting into the hands of:
Kids
Criminals
The mentally unstable
If all it takes to have a gun is patience and some training, a lot less unstable individuals would have them.
If we had those lock bands, it would be much more difficult for someone to use what does not belong to them (hell, these should be standard issue for cops already!)
The key is not banning weapons, but stop changing the subject every time someone says anything about regulating them. Then need regulation and we need to come up with something a bit more universally applied even if it has local provisions.
They are already heavily regulated. Near 27,000 federal, state, and local gun laws on the books across the U.S.
Some would argue that we should toss out most of the laws and regulations and simple provide a common sense approach to gun laws, and enforce the living shit out of the laws that we can trim down to coupled with harsh penalties.... But nobody has the heart to make punishment 1) harsh and 2) stick.
