Common Sense Gun Laws

[Anonymous]

The terms “common sense gun laws” and “common sense gun reform” have been flying around.But they seem to mean different things to different people.

What do you consider to be “common sense gun reform?”

If enacted, what would “common sense gun laws” look like?

[Anonymous]

Taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not possess them.

Raising age to purchase
Getting people on NICS more easily (e.g., prescribed psychoactive medication)
Severe penalties for straw purchases (and those selling to straw purchasers if it can be shown that seller had this knowledge)
Background checks for all transfers (i.e., no private or face-to-face sales except via federal licensee and with the NICS check)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not possess them.

Raising age to purchase
Getting people on NICS more easily (e.g., prescribed psychoactive medication)
Severe penalties for straw purchases (and those selling to straw purchasers if it can be shown that seller had this knowledge)
Background checks for all transfers (i.e., no private or face-to-face sales except via federal licensee and with the NICS check)

1. Raise age to what exactly?

2. Agree 110%

3. Also agree 110%

4. In order to accomplish this, would registration be a part of this effort?

[Anonymous]

Banning all Ar-15s, assault rifles, and extended clips.

Plus every bullet shout cost $200.

[Anonymous]

Brady has a good list
https://www.bradyunited.org/legislation


THE ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECKS ACT OF 2021 (H.R. 1446)
Fixing the dangerous “Charleston Loophole" in background checks

EXPANDING AND STRENGTHENING BRADY BACKGROUND CHECKS (H.R. 8 & S. 529)

THE EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT (H.R. 3480) (S.1819)
Allow for the temporary removal of guns from people in crisis.

THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESEARCH ACT OF 2019 (H.R. 674 AND S. 184)
Provide funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study the gun violence epidemic

THE PREVENT FAMILY FIRE ACT OF 2019 (H.R. 4926)
The Prevent Family Fire Act of 2019 embraces a market approach to increasing safe firearm storage by incentivizing retail sales through tax credits.

THE FIREARMS RETAILER CODE OF CONDUCT ACT OF 2021 (H.R. 5678)
The Firearms Retailer Code of Conduct Act establishes requirements for gun dealers to curb the diversion of firearms into the illegal market.

THE EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE ACT
This legislation repeals sections of PLCAA providing more paths to justice for victims and survivors of gun violence.

THE FEDERAL EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDER ACT OF 2021 (H.R. 2337)
Extreme risk laws give loved ones and law enforcement an avenue to prevent a person in crisis from harming themselves or others by temporarily removing guns and prohibiting the purchase of firearms.


Very reasonable and will help prevent gun violence/fatalities.

[Anonymous]

And, overlapping a bit, but here is what Chicago LEO proposed to cut down on city gun violence.

- Pass the Gun Trafficking Prevention legislature which includes enforcement measures at every link in the illegal chain of custody of a trafficked firearm;
- Create comprehensive background checks on all firearm sales, regardless of the venue or type of seller;
- Lift ATF restrictions on oversight and enforcement of gun dealers;
- Increase ATF resources, manpower, and enforcement of current firearm trafficking laws;
- Regulate and track online sales of all firearms;
- Lift restrictions on firearm sale recordkeeping, data access, and reporting;
- Increase federal prosecution of gun trafficking and illegal gun possession offenses;
- Increase federal law enforcement collaboration with local and state law enforcement agencies across regions

[Anonymous]

Assault weapons bans work, don’t let the NRA “culture issues” sway you. They work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not possess them.

Raising age to purchase
Getting people on NICS more easily (e.g., prescribed psychoactive medication)
Severe penalties for straw purchases (and those selling to straw purchasers if it can be shown that seller had this knowledge)
Background checks for all transfers (i.e., no private or face-to-face sales except via federal licensee and with the NICS check)

1. Raise age to what exactly?

2. Agree 110%

3. Also agree 110%

4. In order to accomplish this, would registration be a part of this effort?

The medication thing is touchy in that the mental illness itself can prevent the person from taking it regularly. You can try, sure, but understand you can’t monitor everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not possess them.

Raising age to purchase
Getting people on NICS more easily (e.g., prescribed psychoactive medication)
Severe penalties for straw purchases (and those selling to straw purchasers if it can be shown that seller had this knowledge)
Background checks for all transfers (i.e., no private or face-to-face sales except via federal licensee and with the NICS check)

1. Raise age to what exactly?

2. Agree 110%

3. Also agree 110%

4. In order to accomplish this, would registration be a part of this effort?

The medication thing is touchy in that the mental illness itself can prevent the person from taking it regularly. You can try, sure, but understand you can’t monitor everyone.

I think we should monitor people. Like you pass a background check to purchase a gun and then come up for yearly review.

[Anonymous]

It’s naive to think these laws, if enacted, would meaningfully address or curb gun violence. All they would do is drive an industry, which is already moving underground, further underground. Illegal weapons would still be available to whomever wanted one.

Want to curb gun violence and mass shootings? Push for societal changes that lessen the chance of an individual being brought to the brink of committing mass murder. How do we do that? For starters clamp down on the rampant cyber bullying that takes place online. Boycott media moguls (movies, TV, music, video games) that profit off glorifying violence and promoting the idea that it’s cool or sexy to kill people with automatic firearms. Enact changes to education, employment, and housing policies that give more people a sense of hope or purpose in life so they can serve as better parents, role models, or mentors to youth.

“Common sense” gun laws sound nice, but they’re essentially window dressings that won’t fix the pervasive problems contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in 21st century America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taking steps to keep guns out of the hands of those that should not possess them.

Raising age to purchase
Getting people on NICS more easily (e.g., prescribed psychoactive medication)
Severe penalties for straw purchases (and those selling to straw purchasers if it can be shown that seller had this knowledge)
Background checks for all transfers (i.e., no private or face-to-face sales except via federal licensee and with the NICS check)

1. Raise age to what exactly?

2. Agree 110%

3. Also agree 110%

4. In order to accomplish this, would registration be a part of this effort?

The medication thing is touchy in that the mental illness itself can prevent the person from taking it regularly. You can try, sure, but understand you can’t monitor everyone.

I think we should monitor people. Like you pass a background check to purchase a gun and then come up for yearly review.

Like a drivers licvense and insurance. People who own giuns should need additional insurance, particularly if they are under 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to think these laws, if enacted, would meaningfully address or curb gun violence. All they would do is drive an industry, which is already moving underground, further underground. Illegal weapons would still be available to whomever wanted one.

Want to curb gun violence and mass shootings? Push for societal changes that lessen the chance of an individual being brought to the brink of committing mass murder. How do we do that? For starters clamp down on the rampant cyber bullying that takes place online. Boycott media moguls (movies, TV, music, video games) that profit off glorifying violence and promoting the idea that it’s cool or sexy to kill people with automatic firearms. Enact changes to education, employment, and housing policies that give more people a sense of hope or purpose in life so they can serve as better parents, role models, or mentors to youth.

“Common sense” gun laws sound nice, but they’re essentially window dressings that won’t fix the pervasive problems contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in 21st century America.

This wasn't case of illegal weapons. Most of these school mass shootings aren't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to think these laws, if enacted, would meaningfully address or curb gun violence. All they would do is drive an industry, which is already moving underground, further underground. Illegal weapons would still be available to whomever wanted one.

Want to curb gun violence and mass shootings? Push for societal changes that lessen the chance of an individual being brought to the brink of committing mass murder. How do we do that? For starters clamp down on the rampant cyber bullying that takes place online. Boycott media moguls (movies, TV, music, video games) that profit off glorifying violence and promoting the idea that it’s cool or sexy to kill people with automatic firearms. Enact changes to education, employment, and housing policies that give more people a sense of hope or purpose in life so they can serve as better parents, role models, or mentors to youth.

“Common sense” gun laws sound nice, but they’re essentially window dressings that won’t fix the pervasive problems contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in 21st century America.

Why not both gun laws and societal change? Why does it have to be one or the other?

If, as you say, gun laws will cause the problem to go underground leading to no net effect, then why have regulations in other countries appeared to work?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to think these laws, if enacted, would meaningfully address or curb gun violence. All they would do is drive an industry, which is already moving underground, further underground. Illegal weapons would still be available to whomever wanted one.

Want to curb gun violence and mass shootings? Push for societal changes that lessen the chance of an individual being brought to the brink of committing mass murder. How do we do that? For starters clamp down on the rampant cyber bullying that takes place online. Boycott media moguls (movies, TV, music, video games) that profit off glorifying violence and promoting the idea that it’s cool or sexy to kill people with automatic firearms. Enact changes to education, employment, and housing policies that give more people a sense of hope or purpose in life so they can serve as better parents, role models, or mentors to youth.

“Common sense” gun laws sound nice, but they’re essentially window dressings that won’t fix the pervasive problems contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in 21st century America.

BS. The common sense gun control proposals listed above will absolutely reduce gun violence.

In addition what is listed above, I’d also fully support bans on gun marketing. That has shaped our gun culture into what it is today.

And we can do the things you suggested but we need to address the actual guns themselves too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s naive to think these laws, if enacted, would meaningfully address or curb gun violence. All they would do is drive an industry, which is already moving underground, further underground. Illegal weapons would still be available to whomever wanted one.

Want to curb gun violence and mass shootings? Push for societal changes that lessen the chance of an individual being brought to the brink of committing mass murder. How do we do that? For starters clamp down on the rampant cyber bullying that takes place online. Boycott media moguls (movies, TV, music, video games) that profit off glorifying violence and promoting the idea that it’s cool or sexy to kill people with automatic firearms. Enact changes to education, employment, and housing policies that give more people a sense of hope or purpose in life so they can serve as better parents, role models, or mentors to youth.

“Common sense” gun laws sound nice, but they’re essentially window dressings that won’t fix the pervasive problems contributing to the epidemic of gun violence in 21st century America.

Why not both gun laws and societal change? Why does it have to be one or the other?

If, as you say, gun laws will cause the problem to go underground leading to no net effect, then why have regulations in other countries appeared to work?

Because other countries do not glorify guns and violence the way Americans do.