Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: OK, here are some suggestions without impeding 2A rights. [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)Apart from the rather creepy big brother aspects of the idea - some central clearing house spying on you and your fellow carriers, it could also alert anyone who wanted to take your gun from you of where you were, when you were alone, etc.
I'm assuming that mid level hackers could disable such a device -- or enable false ones.
Does anyone else find this idea intrusive?
We can legally ban assault style weapons and expanded capacity magazines which is currently being posited as around 10 rounds.
That does NOT violate or infringe on the 2nd Amendment.
Neither does requiring full background checks for all transfers, sales, private sales, gifts, inheritances.
It is also a good idea to require all states to submit all the names of prohibited owners to the NICS data base; right now to few states have submitted all of the applicable names, and some haven't submitted any.
Another good idea - keep convicted drug users names in the system. If we have to, lets develop some method for people to get their records expunged, the way they do other records of criminal activity after a certain amount of good behavior and a reasonable time lapse. Likewise, we should be barring anyone on the terrorist watch list from buying a gun; at the same time, we darned well are overdue to clean that thing up, and get people off of it who do NOT belong on it (ditto no fly, etc.). Right now to get off of either list, you have to find out what agency (of many) put your name on it, and then you have to petition them to get off - we need a single appeal entity, and a guaranteed thumbs up or thumbs down. Like the NICS, if they can't do that in three days, you should be able to buy a gun, get on a plane, or anything else you want to do that is legal.
We should be making it HARDER for former criminals to get their gun rights back (unlike say, voting rights), because those who do tend to re-offend. Unlike voting, where when a former felon begins voting he or she is 70% LESS likely to re-offend.
We should be requiring mental health evals or testing for everyone. We should be requiring eye tests for everyone - because if you can't see, you can't determine when or where to shoot, or who you are shooting at.
Anyone owning a gun should be required to carry insurance, like on your car, in case your gun is used to hurt someone. As part of a requirement for insurance, you should be required to have secure storage for your gun - and use it. You should be required to report lost or stolen guns to police. Part of buying insurance should however include that if you do have a theft or damage, you also get comp coverage for your loss. That would have the advantage of no longer putting gun owners at risk of the high cost of liability - an up side for the gun owner.
THAT is a reasonable list. The other one.....not so good.
We should be requiring microstamping.
We should be requiring that all states make it a crime not to keep guns away from children too.