I actually believe that some reform of gun laws are needed. This puts me at odds with a number of posters on ET and the NRA.
Similar to vaccines, the manufacturers and/or importers of guns should pay a fee for each unit to a fund that is used to compensate victims of those who use guns improperly. Vaccines do this now for people who endure severe side effects.
Of course the above puts me at odds with the NRA and others, but I believe some types of reforms are needed in gun laws. Additionally there should be a focus on requiring proper training, getting criminal using guns off the streets for long periods of time, and nationwide laws regarding concealed-carry & permitting.
The federal government has already defined in law that they can legally restrict what guns you are allowed to own; this is why we cannot walk around the streets with machine guns (fully automatic weapons) and rocket grenade launchers. These restrictions are not deemed to be a violation of your second amendment rights -- which also means the federal government can certainly (and legally) extend the restrictions to magazine sizes, weapons types, bump stocks, and other gun related items --- which I believe at some point they will do.
There also needs to be measures taken to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally unfit. This character in the school shooting being one example. If you are expelled from a school for making threats then you should not legally be purchasing guns for some defined period of time until a professional who provides you with treatment pronounces you are mentally sound.
Generally I believe we need better screening when someone purchases a gun in the U.S. - so people with mental illness cannot get their hands on weapons. There are plenty of others that disagree with me about further gun regulations but I think the time has arrived to come together and address the issue.
IMO -- the following things are needed in the U.S.:
1) Require all private guns sales be registered with the government.
2) Background screening for all gun purchases.
3) Increase buyback programs to get guns off the streets.
4) Mandatory minimum of 10 years for a drug or robbery crime committed with a gun.
5) Destruction of all guns seized in crimes (unless it was stolen and the original owner is obvious).
6) Make bump stocks illegal.
7) Reduce allowed magazine sizes.
8) Get gun education back into schools (like when I was a kid).
Some of my previous thoughts on gun control on ET...
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-what-else-is-new.314795/page-14#post-4546369
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-most-moral-issues.316581/page-6#post-4575922
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-make-a-difference.315177/page-3#post-4548566
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-what-else-is-new.314795/page-15#post-4546557
https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...-what-else-is-new.314795/page-15#post-4546456
