"I’m not anti-gun, I’m pro-kindergartner"

[Demo_Chris]

14. Okay! Let's me look them over!

CONGRESS

-- Requiring background checks on all gun sales. I am not opposed to this, and it might eventually do some good. It would not, however, do anything to deter a mass shooter. Gun owners might oppose this as a gun registration scheme.

-- Reinstating the assault weapons ban. The previous bill did NOTHING. It banned certain military style looks (which the manufacturers worked around), and things like bayonette lugs. It was, in short, feel good nonsense.

-- Renewing a 10-round limit on the size of ammunition magazines. Can't hurt. But remember there are literally MILLIONS of magazines already out there. During the previous ban they shot up in price but they were always available. Further, it is debatable how much of an impact this would really have deterring a mass shooter. It's can't hurt though.

-- Prohibiting the possession, transfer, manufacture and import of dangerous armor-piercing bullets. You WANT the guy shooting you to be using these as they are dramatically less lethal. Unless you are a cop of course, but I care about me first.

-- New gun trafficking laws penalizing people who help criminals get guns. Okay. I assume this goes hand in hand with the first proposal.

And that's that. Basically nothing there. Nothing that would stop a mass shooter, nothing that will really do a whole lot to curb (already declining) violent crime. Some okay suggestions but nothing earth shattering. The executive order stuff is nothing really, as I am sure you know from reading the list. And none of this addresses the question:

WHAT PROPOSALS WILL PREVENT THE NEXT MASS SHOOTING?

The only way to do that through legislation would be to ban weapons and actually go after them. Obviously this is not going to happen, it wouldn't pass either house of congress or the USSC, but even if it did it wouldn't prevent the next mass shooting -- it would cause it.

The anti-gun people need to take a step back, drop the emotion, and try to come up with some new ideas to address this issue. Or they can do as they normally do -- they can lose. The goal has to be to get gun owners to relax their death grip on their weapons, and that means working with them to ensure that their concerns are taken seriously.

Anyway, thanks for your post.