02-26-2018, 05:55 AM
Whatever strategy is brought to bear, it should focus more on gun manufacture and distribution than possession. The 2nd amendment's right to gun ownership seems to confer the right to make your own guns. But I do not think it confers the right to set up a large factory or become a gun seller.
Consider our handling of illegal drugs. We have long treated sale or manufacture as a different matter (and more egregious) than possession. In many places we tolerate marijuana use but make no provision for people to buy it.
It makes sense to have an insurance requirement attached to gun sales.
Gun control will come largely state by state. Hawaii could put an insurance requirement on all gun sales. Some mainland states might do so only for the AR-15 and similar high capacity weapons (as opposed to single shot hunting rifles and shotguns.)
An insurance requirement will make people think a bit more as to whether they really need a gun--or 4 or 5 of them.
Consider our handling of illegal drugs. We have long treated sale or manufacture as a different matter (and more egregious) than possession. In many places we tolerate marijuana use but make no provision for people to buy it.
It makes sense to have an insurance requirement attached to gun sales.
Gun control will come largely state by state. Hawaii could put an insurance requirement on all gun sales. Some mainland states might do so only for the AR-15 and similar high capacity weapons (as opposed to single shot hunting rifles and shotguns.)
An insurance requirement will make people think a bit more as to whether they really need a gun--or 4 or 5 of them.