Waiting for the Gun Rights side's proposals

[gejohnston]

2. Let's see

So now instead of "control" it became "safety" now the PR buzz word is "responsibility". What will the buzz word be next week?
The Gun Responsibilities side proposed:

1) a nationwide, real time, background check on all sales and transfers of guns, conducted by and through federally licensed gun dealers who are obligated to keep records of all such transfers — a real-time computer record check for criminal history and for a history of serious mental illness, that must be conducted with minimal inconvenience to legal gun owners.

Much of that is already federal law. Any transaction that goes through a FFL is recorded and records kept indefinitely. They also do background checks.

2) Limit the number of gun purchases per authorized person per month, to one gun per person per month making it more difficult for straw purchasers to supply the needs of criminals. This change must also be made on a national level.

Most guns that enter the black market are stolen, straw purchases are not that common. Even then, it is easy to beat by going to different dealers. If someone buys more than one handgun in five days, it must be reported per the 1968 Gun Control Act. Even the DoJ admits the BGC on private sales are impossible to enforce without registration.

3) Limit the production, sale, and possession of ammunition magazines to no more than 10 rounds per magazine.

What exactly would it do? There is no evidence that it would do anything.

(The gun-rights side steadfastly refused to join us in making any of these first three recommendations.)

Because part of it is already federal law and the rest is useless.

4) Require law-abiding citizens to do more to store and secure their weapons at home. (This is the one recommendation that could be effectively enacted at the local level.)

How would you enforce?

5) Require comprehensive in-depth gun safety training for all who own guns. (This recommendation could likely be effectively enacted into law at no less than the state level.)

This could actually be used as a back door ban. For example the NYC test has questions on the mechanics of switchblade knives.

All of the proposals are either current federal law or has no evidence that it actually do anything in the US or anywhere else. None of this actually addresses the real issue, which is gang warfare and the drug money that fuels and arms them. Take away the money, you take away the guns.

Since this article is about IL, number one is canceled out by the IL FOID. IOW, these people don't seem to know anything about current IL gun laws or current federal gun laws.