What level of gun control do you support?

[BlueStreak]

6. I didn't find my exact choice on the list, but you have a good cross section

I don't favor confiscating all guns, but I certainly favor confiscation and destruction of high capacity magazines and assault-type, "machine guns", "semi-automatic" and any other name you want to give to weapons that can blast off 10 rounds in a couple of seconds. Yes, "criminals" might not turn them in. But with a carrot and stick approach, you can get most of them off the street. The carrot would be a substantial reward for each such weapon turned in, and the stick would be a no-nonsense mandatory hard time felony charge for anyone found in possession of the contraband after the amnesty date.

I also favor laws that force ALL sales to be transacted through licensed dealers, and I would be happy for the taxpayer to cover the processing cost. Private sales would be OK, but they would have to transact through the dealer who would be responsible for enforcing a waiting period, a full criminal check, and to do a ballistics test of the weapon, entering the ballistic fingerprint into a national database. I would think legitimate gun dealers would be strongly in favor of this. It would be good income and make their industry much more reputable.

Finally I favor laws that make it very clear that the registered owner is liable for ANYTHING that happens with the weapon unless the weapon is reported stolen. This is the old "personal accountability" thing the right-wingers always seem to be talking about. Well, if you have a gun and don't keep it locked up, you should be criminally responsible for any harm that is done with that gun. Eventually we should get to the point that gun owners carry gun liability insurance, just as car owners do.

I fully support RESPONSIBLE, reasonable gun ownership by law-abiding ADULTS.