Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: 911 tells young mother, "do what you have to do to protect your baby" [View all]Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)"If one does not advocate measures to prevent this individual and people like him from acquiring firearms, one advocates him and them having firearms."
But no one opposes denying weapons to criminals or the mentally unstable. Of course this is coupled with a presumption of innocence and requirements of due process. Sometimes rights come together in a confluence that yields bad results. Still, those individual rights must be preserved.
I have no complaints about proposal A.
Proposal B seems reasonable enough though I've hear others complain about it. But if you can register to vote so as to associate your vote with your person, declaring your guns to be yours seems sensible. I do know in the past registration laws were used to harrass minorities and the politically disfavored but perhaps compromise can be struck if safeguards and remedies to prevent the abuse of that information by the authorities can also be found.
Proposal C seems technically impossible -- as far as "improper purposes by owners" is concerned. Unless some outside party is storing my weapon for me and can adjudicate why I wish to withdraw it from storage I don't see how that could work. That's not snark, that's honest. A home or store owner keeping a gun for protection has to have it immediately available. Quick release trigger locks would go far in deterring accidents with children and frustrating thieves but if you need a weapon for defense your need is immediate and should have as few obstructions as possible. That being said a weapon that is available to an otherwise lawful owner may be improperly or illegally used at a later time. We simply cannot guarantee all actions of all people for all time. But, then again, that's why people defend themselves with guns.
I would expand Proposal D to include general safe handling. I've noticed many PSAs on a variety of subjects no longer solely seek to gain compliance with this law or that social more but make appeals to reason and basic decency, i.e. anti-drunk driving PSAs don't just cite the law they appeal to the better human side of not wanting to be responsible for the death of a family. Education should reach from as many different angles as possible especially since different people hold different internal motives and values.