General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: What are you going to do this week to support expanded background checks? [View all]BainsBane
(53,029 posts)The guidelines should be as they are now but with greater accountability and communication, and close the loophole for most private sales. Only the mentally ill legally adjudicated a danger to themselves or others should be prohibited from gun ownership. It also has to include people with certain kinds of restraining orders. That is already the case, but communication between courts and NCIS has to be improved. I believe the President has recently signed a an EO to improve that.
It would be intrusive and counter productive to report anyone taking psychiatric medications. That would discourage treatment. Now psychiatric and psychological associations may work with states to make it easier to report those they fear are dangerous, but that needs to be determined by medical professionals.
I think the key change needs to simply be to close loopholes on private sales at gun shows, on the internet, etc. . . There needs to be clearly determination of what constitutes a dealer according to how many guns they sell. The details about Friends lending a gun to go hunting or family transfers could be hashed out in a way that gun owners feel comfortable with.