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In reply to the discussion: Would requiring all gun owners to have a license, all guns to be registered, [View all]Squaredeal
(418 posts)That means requiring them to register their firearms and requiring them to secure them when they are not under their personal control. That means requiring a local police report and investigation report whenever a firearm is stolen, lost, sold or given away to determine the circumstances to determine if the owner was responsible and didn't endanger society by letting it get into the wrong hands. It would also determine liability if the firearm was eventually used in some illegal fashion because of it not being properly locked. Too many deaths are caused by careless gun owners leaving their firearms easily accessible to others. If legal owners are held accountable both criminally and for any damages for not properly protecting their guns, deaths by firearms would decline significantly.
There are thousands of incidents of irresponsible gun ownership every year resulting in death due to irresponsible gun owners. You read about them just about every day.