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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guns should be regulated the same way we do cars and driving.

1. Age and health requirements (i.e. not blind, mentally ill, etc) for owning and/or operating a gun
2. Mandatory training
3. Probationary period during training
4. Mandatory licensing requirement with periodic renewal that also checks to ensure owner/operator of the gun still meets legal and health requirements
5. Mandatory registration of guns 
6. Mandatory title transfer process if gun changes hands that includes mandatory background check of recipient
7. Insurance requirement to cover liability costs
8. Mandatory periodic inspection of the gun to ensure it is still safe to operate, has not been illegally modified, and is still in the registered owner's possession.

We do this for cars and it does not impede law abiding drivers.  As such it cannot be credibly argued that this would be an infringement on lawful gun owners' rights.[/quote]

Second amendment advocates believe that license requirements will be used to ban private ownership, and their fears are most likely warranted based on the evidence.  Cities with "may issue" license requirements made it so difficult to obtain permits that ordinary citizens could not possess or carry weapons.  SCOTUS is about to rule on this issue in NYC.  The Heller case addressed similar problems in DC.

I think at this point it would take a Constitutional amendment to layout a clear individual right to gun ownership for self-defense purposes in return for the licensure, insurance, and training requirements.  That would be a fair trade in my opinion.  But of course many people on both sides make a lot of $$$ politicizing the issue and don't want the gravy train to stop.
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A fair trade would be agreeing to something like that but also having minimum prison sentences of 50 years for [b]all violent crimes committed with a firearm[/b]. If you’re going to make it harder for law abiding citizens to protect themselves then we should at least put all of our criminals away for life. No early releases, no pleading down, no exceptions.[/quote]

Why just violent crimes committed with a firearm?   Why not just violent crimes in general?  If someone was to stab your loved one to death, would you really be more "ok" with that than if they shot your loved one?[/quote]

You’re right. If you commit a violent crime, you should be put away for life.[/quote]

Sure, any violent crime is a problem.  But when was the last time someone walked into a school or synagogue or black church, with only a knife or a hammer, and manage to kill a dozen people and injure a dozen more in the span of 2 or 3 minutes?  Rather than engaging "what about other violent crime" whataboutism how about you stay focused on this, as one of the worst forms of violent crime?[/quote]

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