Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Governor Pat Quinn's "Assault Weapons" Ban Defeated (Illinois) [View all]sir pball
(4,741 posts)1. All firearms sales, even intrastate private sales (I don't know how to square that with the Commerce Clause but there's some carrot-and-stick to be had, I'm sure) go through an FFL and are recorded on a 4473 in their bound book. Create a new class of FFL that is only allowed to mediate sales, not sell directly - perfect part-time kitchen table job for retirees! Establishes a complete paper trail of every firearm to the last legal owner, as well as immunizing me from what somebody I sell a gun to does with it.
2. Absolutely draconian, nonnegotiable Federal charges for having anything to do with a gun during the commission of a violent crime. E.g. 5 1st/15 2nd/25 ta 3rd, and that's just for having one on you. God help you if you use it. Makes the cost far outweigh the benefit.
3. I'm even open to a nationwide FOID card, that will also allow CCW after appropriate training and skill and knowledge tests. Anybody who already has a CCW can't really challenge this; if TPTB know I have a license to carry a firearm, it's a good bet I probably own one. Doesn't really have any advantages that I can think of but it's a concession I'll reasonably make.
It's not "ban all handguns&self-loading rifles, license, register, and regulate the hell out of the rest of them" that many whose views differ from mine propose as a solution, but we clearly need to find some middle ground here.