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Universal background checks. Now. No loopholes. (Original Post) Bucky May 2022 OP
We definitely need universal background checks. PTWB May 2022 #1
And on a computerized system if it's not already. Lars39 May 2022 #2
Ban assault weapons. Now. No loopholes. nolabear May 2022 #3
Overturn Heller, not Roe. dchill May 2022 #4
Repeal the Second Amendment Generic Brad May 2022 #5
They also need to digitize the gun registration database haele May 2022 #6
Mandatory 72 hour waiting period Bucky May 2022 #7
14 days. Claire Oh Nette May 2022 #9
Universal mental health eveluations as part of background check sanatanadharma May 2022 #8
It'd help a bit... WarGamer May 2022 #10
 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
1. We definitely need universal background checks.
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:28 PM
May 2022

We also need mandatory safe storage laws. I'm not sure either would have prevented the most recent tragedy, though. We do need them now and we've needed them for a long time.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
3. Ban assault weapons. Now. No loopholes.
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:32 PM
May 2022

Yes. All of the above. I’m done compromising. National gun registry. Safe guns you can deactivate. Raise the purchase age to 21.

Generic Brad

(14,275 posts)
5. Repeal the Second Amendment
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:33 PM
May 2022

We need an extreme stance so we can actually chip away at the madness. We suck at the art of compromise.

If we want to meet in the middle, we have to start extreme since we are up against extremists. When we start at where we want to end, we lose all leverage and negotiations. Asking for universal background checks for decades has gotten us nowhere.

haele

(12,660 posts)
6. They also need to digitize the gun registration database
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:37 PM
May 2022

NRA has successfully lobbied to keep all gun registrations on paper, so as to "keep the government from gun confiscation" because being "well regulated" apparently infringes on their rights to own as many firearms as they want -even though both terms are in the same Amendment.
After all, if you aren't doing anything wrong, why should you worry about people knowing you have firearms? It also helps the police to track down your firearm when they investigate the losses the suffered when your house was burglarized and your gun collection stolen.
Because that's how a lot of firearms end up in the hands of criminals or in the seedier pawnshops.

Haele

Bucky

(54,027 posts)
7. Mandatory 72 hour waiting period
Thu May 26, 2022, 02:45 PM
May 2022

Mandatory training courses with biannual recertification for having a carry permit.

sanatanadharma

(3,707 posts)
8. Universal mental health eveluations as part of background check
Thu May 26, 2022, 03:26 PM
May 2022

Since the Guns Over people say the problem is mental health, they will obviously support such laws.

Or are they lying?

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