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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I support gun control 100%, I hate guns. I wish we could get rid of all of them. Every other country that passed landmark gun ban legislation after a massacre seems to have started at a much lower baseline of guns in circulation. Even if we repealed the 2nd amendment tomorrow and banned every single type of firearm besides maybe single shot hunting rifles, how long would it take to confiscate and destroy all 430 million guns? Decades? And we have probably 20% of the country being adamantly opposed to any kind of gun ban... they won't comply. Are we completely stuck? It's depressing.[/quote]
I'm not sure the number of guns reflects the problems we are seeing with guns.  The vast majority of those guns are owned by responsible, law-abiding people and will never be associated with crime, suicide, or a mass shooting.  That said, there are things we could do to help keep firearms out of the hands of people who have no business having them, none of which would infringe on our rights under the 2nd Amendment (keeping in mind inconvenience does not equal "infringement").  In no particular order:

- Mandatory "cooling down" periods before a buyer can take possession of a firearm - it could be as little as a few hours, just to weed out the hotheads looking to pop off after losing their temper;

- Mandatory training in both safe firearms handling and the legal issues surrounding use of firearms (what constitutes self defense under the law, etc.);

- Mandatory ownership of gun safes and/or trigger guards;

- Mandatory purchase of liability insurance;

- Mandatory reporting of [i]all[/i] transfers of ownership, including long-term loans, whether by sale, gift or inheritance;

- Prohibition on short-term loan of firearms where the registered owner won't be present at all times;

- Mandatory mental health and criminal background checks to qualify for legal gun ownership;

- Harsher penalties for crimes involving use of a firearm (already in place in many/most jurisdictions, I think);

- Ending the prohibition on the CDC studying gun incidents as a public health issue;

- Including questions about guns in the home as part of the standard Doctor's questionnaire, just like with smoking and alcohol use.[/quote]

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