Reply #10: couldn't agree more

[burrfoot]

All violent offenses need (IMO) tough penalties, without early release. Using a firearm in your violent offense should just up the ante, as it were.

We also keep loaded firearms, and we keep them secure. Like you said, a $40 lock box will do it. If every gun owner did just that, and nothing else, we'd see firearms related accidents- particularly among children- drop significantly.

Maybe we should start a poll. }(

Why isn't this a big initiative? I wonder if people/corporations/the NRA/anyone would contribute to a fund to provide a lock box to any handgun owner who requests one? Maybe WalMart, or a manufacturer, would even offer a discount? Maybe I'm just dreaming about that last part, but still.....

I know this wouldn't solve the problem of gun deaths. But I actually do believe it would make a HUGE fucking difference.