Jim Carrey Tweet on buying an assault rifle

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3. A strategy to deal with the gun problem

There are reportedly 300,000,000 guns in the hands of Americans. (Outrageous!) So, limiting the sale of guns might be useful 200 years from now.

Background checks for all sales, of course, would be a good, but modest improvement.

However, background checks combined with owner responsibility should actually be quite effective. The story we hear is that most gun owners are responsible. Ok, let them BE responsible. The registered owner of a gun should be at least partially responsible for how the gun is used. What if the gun gets stolen? Not an excuse. Don't let it be stolen. Keep it safe, use security cameras, alarms, etc. If you sell a gun, do it properly obtaining a background check. Get it registered with the new owner. Get a bill of sale identifying the new owner. Keep the bill of sale in a safe place.

Anyone who buys a killing machine should be held responsible for how that devide is used and where it goes next. Guns are not toys. Gun ownership is serious business. Gun owners MUST be held responsible.