Would you agree with me that we need tighter control of WHO gets a gun? That we need federal laws so some states can't just allow sales to any criminal or crazy person? That we could at least start with tightening up ownership?
Would you agree that we need a ban on cop-killer bullets and machine guns in the hands of common people?
Would you agree that we need to stop the wholesale transfer of weapons to Mexico (that's where a lot of your stolen guns are going)?
Would you agree that the Border Patrol and Firearm agencies and maybe FBI need more funding specifically to lessen ILLEGAL use of guns?
Would you agree that we are all at risk, and that 34,000 deaths is way out of line for a civilized first-world society?
Bubba said that there is a background check ONLY if I buy a gun from a licensed dealer like him. If I DON'T WANT the background check I can buy a gun from a private party. Or I can go to a gun show and buy it from a private party.
So any drug dealer with a satchel full of cash can do the same.You think that is all right?
Checking my state's gun website I read: Permit required? No. Registration required? No. License required? No. There is only a permit required to CARRY a gun. Not to buy.
I'm willing to give up the right to buy a gun privately without a background check. I'm willing to pay a permit fee, license fee, registration fee on my gun. I'm willing to give up the right to re-sell that gun privately.
So when it's stolen and used in a crime it can be traced to whomever is the registered owner. Who didn't take good enough care of the gun but allowed it to be stolen.
You can count on seeing tightening of gun laws.
OK, I agree that the stolen gun responsibility idea wasn't well thought out. But here one of my neighbors had his house broken into and his 7 guns stolen. They weren't in any kind of locked cabinet. So I would say that made it too easy; guns should be DIFFICULT to steal.
What are your ideas for lessening gun crime?