Nothing is going to change. Americans love their guns more than they love people and after Sandy Hook we decided that killing over 20 children was acceptable and not outrageous enough to make reasonable restrictions on guns. This is America, a country that has been around for 200 years, a superpower, a 1st world nation, and one of the wealthiest countries on the planet and we refuse to protect our own people. We respect guns more than we respect the lives of people.
What specific gun control measures would you propose and how would they directly and effectively make society safer?
Absolutely get rid of all AR-15′s and the like.
Intense background and criminal background checks and anything violent automatically disqualifies you.
Make getting a gun/gun permit more like getting a driver’s license:
permit to learn
includes an exam with 18 or more questions on the policies, laws, and etc of guns and gun ownership
if you get more than 8 questions incorrect you must retake it.
30 hours of practical experience at a gun range with a licensed teacher
Must take a 5 hour class on the dangers of guns and how to use them safely which will then yield you a certificate that grants you to take the practical exam and lasts for one year. If you don’t gain the license within the allotted year you must retake the class.
A practical exam with a licensed instructor who will grade you on various skills. If you pass you may be granted a permit on the weapon of your choice, the exams may differ on the type of firearm you want.
Follow the Japanese model where you must have two gun safes in different areas of the house, one to store the gun and one to store the bullets and you must provide the police with information on where those safes are.
No concealed carry and only handguns may be allowed to be out in public.
If transporting a weapon, it must be in the trunk of the vehicle, in a bag or some other case, safety on and unloaded and may not leave the vehicle until you are at the destination.
If you’re a hunter or some other gun hobbyist that requires a functional weapon other than a handgun then the gun must stay on the premises, whether that is a gun range or the Fish and Wildlife facility.
If you live in a rural area where police (and people, for that matter) are few and far between, something akin to a deer hunting rifle should provide plenty of protection from predators and poachers, you still have to follow the aforementioned steps.
This doesn’t cover everything but I think it’s a good place to start.
Can you show me evidence that this would directly and effectively create a safer society?
I have never laughed so hard at a gun law post. Like seriously, the evidence is in fucking reality. The proposed restrictions are just fucking logic.
or just… Don’t have guns? our normal police don’t even carry guns - UK
The U.K. Is not the US. Your country is smaller than some of our states, we have cultures and groups here that don’t exist on that tiny little island the same way. Just because you guys can’t be trusted with scissors doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to defend my son.
Gun control = supporting criminals
@reginaeinferos
Absolutely get rid of all AR-15′s and the like.
Let me introduce you to the semi automatic pistol:
https://us.glock.com/products/model/g19
A semi-auto pistol may not hold as much rounds as your average AR15, but it fires at the same rate. You’re still getting hit by bullets. Big surprise, bullets kill you. Next thing you know you’re going to be demanding that we ban those too, and then you’ll want us to turn in our steak knives.
Intense background and criminal background checks and anything violent automatically disqualifies you.
This is already a thing, you raving buffoon:
https://www.google.com/#q=background+check+for+guns
Next time you want to take away one of my rights, you might want to actually do some research.
Make getting a gun/gun permit more like getting a driver’s license
I actually agree with this, but the issue I have with it is that we’re already paying out the ear for licensing in some states. Licensing is one giant ripoff in my opinion. We’re not here to talk about that though.
30 hours of practical experience at a gun range with a licensed teacher
I also agree with this vehemently. if you are going to own any kind of weapon you should, first and foremost, know how to use it safely and efficiently. It won’t require 30 hours though, that’s much too long. You would know that if you weren’t pants shittingly terrified of an inanimate object, though, wouldn’t you?
Must take a 5 hour class on the dangers of guns and how to use them safely which will then yield you a certificate that grants you to take the practical exam and lasts for one year. If you don’t gain the license within the allotted year you must retake the class.
See above response, there’s no need for this.
A practical exam with a licensed instructor who will grade you on various skills. If you pass you may be granted a permit on the weapon of your choice, the exams may differ on the type of firearm you want.
See above response.
Follow the Japanese model where you must have two gun safes in different areas of the house, one to store the gun and one to store the bullets and you must provide the police with information on where those safes are.
I want you to imagine a scenario where someone is breaking into your house at three in the morning. Not only is your gun stored in a safe that you have to open with a combo before the criminal gets inside to murder you for your jewelry, but your ammo is locked away as well. What are you going to do in that situation? Might as well roll over and die.
No concealed carry and only handguns may be allowed to be out in public.
http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2015/08/10-cases-where-a-concealed-carry-handgun-saved-the-day/#lavauntai-broadbent-661x496
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/02/03/armed-marine-veteran-saves-texas-deputy-struggling-suspect
http://www.wnd.com/2015/03/man-with-concealed-carry-stops-slaughter/
http://www.zianet.com/web/gunstudy.htm
http://bearingarms.com/bob-o/2015/02/18/concealed-carrying-pharmacist-saves-multiple-lives-west-virginia/
If someone wants to kill people in a public place and sees someone carrying a firearm, they will target that person first every time. Concealed carry saves lives. You act like all gun owners are criminals, and it shows how ignorant you really are
If transporting a weapon, it must be in the trunk of the vehicle, in a bag or some other case, safety on and unloaded and may not leave the vehicle until you are at the destination.
Why?
If you’re a hunter or some other gun hobbyist that requires a functional weapon other than a handgun then the gun must stay on the premises, whether that is a gun range or the Fish and Wildlife facility.
Guns are also for self defense from criminals with guns, who don’t care about your laws.
If you live in a rural area where police (and people, for that matter) are few and far between, something akin to a deer hunting rifle should provide plenty of protection from predators and poachers, you still have to follow the aforementioned steps.
I live in a small town in Washington state. We recently had someone get stabbed in the parking lot of a local wal mart. Good luck trying to bust out your hunting rifle against a drug addict with a knife.
This doesn’t cover everything but I think it’s a good place to start.
Like I said before, next thing you know we’ll be locking up our knives like in Europe.
Also, before you throw any of your bullshit statistics at me, America has a larger population, and the majority of gun deaths in our country are gang related. Gang members don’t care about your laws.
And neither do I, for that matter.
Irrational gun-haters are so damn stupid.
reginaeinferos How does it feel knowing that you will never see the day when our guns get taken away?
Awkward
