Ahhh another refreshing take on the experts on OcUK on gun control who are under the surface wanting to ban all guns... Little realizing this would start a major civil war the victors of which would be those with the guns. Genius... Genius.
Shall not be infringed. Tarnish every innocent responsible gun owner because of someone acting illegally. Waiting for more info.
And another person arguing against an extreme point that very few people actually hold.
I certainly don't want to ban all guns, in fact my GF and I have been talking recently about getting a couple of handguns/rifles for sport shooting and hunting, however US gun laws horrific. Lack of background checks, easy availability of certain weapons and accessories and lack of requirement to store them in secure locations* are just three of the many reasons why their laws need reform.
I can't remember if I posted this in last months mass shooting thread but I think it's a reasonable summary of the issues the US faces. In Canada you can buy many of the same weapons you can in the US, but there are much tighter background checks and accessories are more restricted (no bump stocks, large magazines etc.) and strict storage requirements.
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...aws-have-stopped-americas-worst-mass-shooters
Essentially the (admittedly basic) analysis suggests that rather than not being able to get the weapons here, the people probably wouldn't be able to access them due to age/mental health/security requirements.
A simple solution that may well have stopped most of the bi monthly mass shootings in the US** would be a consistent nationwide system, administered by a single entity that performs consistent background checks on all people buying guns, a system where all people buying guns (whether from a gun shop, gun show or privately) have to be checked against, a requirement to keep weapons stored in a secure location that only the permit holder can access (i.e. a gun safe, rather than a handbag, bed side table or glove compartment) and greater restrictions on modifications that can turn semi-automatic into quasi automatic and things like extended mags. These aren't draconian restrictions, they're just standard restrictions most other western countries have, yet the US, with it's patchy legislative system and gung ho attitude (in some states at least), doesn't have and something the NRA is ardently against.
*Yes, some states do have all of these, but some don't.
**Those being the mass school and lone gunman shootings, rather than all the mass shootings...
