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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. Make it legal for law abiding citizens to carry guns in most places. 
2. Don’t do stupid things like tax ammo.  You want people carrying guns to practice. 
3.[b] If someone commits a crime with a gun they get an extra 15 years on sentence with no chance for parole.  [/b]
4. Watch gun crimes plummet. 
5. Look at Switzerland and see how a country can have a strong positive gun culture - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wnBDK-QNZkM 
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Like #3.

I'd add criminal penalties for improper storage.

Plus an involuntary manslaughter charge if a gun you own is used by a third party to kill someone.

I support the right of people to own guns (though I think it's silly in most cases), but if you own a gun you should be held 100% responsible for it.[/quote]
What kind of deterrent is #3 to a shooter who expects to be killed by the cops?[/quote]

PP here.

None, but very, very few shooters fall into that category.

Also note that many of the school shooters got their hands on parents' guns, so focusing on criminal liability for the gun owners will  help minimize.

Bottom line: 2A isn't going away (nor should it), but there's a LOT that can be done while still respecting 2A rights.

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Looking at the ten deadliest mass shootings in modern history (https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/deadliest-mass-shootings-modern-us-history)
Las Vegas, 2017: shooter killed himself
Orlando, 2016: shooter killed himself
Virginia Tech, 2007: shooter killed himself
Sandy Hook, 2012: shooter killed himself
Sutherland Springs, 2017: shooter killed himself
Killeen, 1991: shooter killed himself
El Paso, 2019: shooter arrested
San Ysidro, 1984: shooter killed by police
Uvalde, 2022: shooter killed by police
Lewiston, 2023: shooter killed himself

I understand that statistically, most gun victims do not die in mass shootings, but these are the incidents that get people's attention.

Also worth noting is that of the 25 shootings listed here, only one (Columbine) occurred between 1994 and 2004 when the assault weapons ban was in effect.[/quote]

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