joeylittle
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Fair point, @FridayJones. I still think we could probably narrow the options - you know guns far better than I do, but wouldn't something like an AR-15 with a fixed magazine handle most peoples' needs? Perhaps you apply for, are tested on, and granted the right to own and use more specialized firepower if you live in an unpopulated remote area (I'm thinking of alaska for sure, but I'd wager places in the mountains and along both borders would also qualify).
Those people who want to go out and play in the woods? Let them be required to test when they re-up their hunting license and hell, let them only be able to get ammo at the testing site, and provide proof of rounds fired. Something. The person living in a densely populated suburban area doesn't need anything resembling a rifle sitting in their closet just because once every two years they go out and try and hit some ducks. They want a gun in the home, let them have one that is more appropriate to home protection.
Dunno. It's a tough nut. But it's just ridiculously easy to get a gun in America, easier than getting (car analogy ahead) a drivers' license, in my opinion. It should be at least as annoying to do as that.
Those people who want to go out and play in the woods? Let them be required to test when they re-up their hunting license and hell, let them only be able to get ammo at the testing site, and provide proof of rounds fired. Something. The person living in a densely populated suburban area doesn't need anything resembling a rifle sitting in their closet just because once every two years they go out and try and hit some ducks. They want a gun in the home, let them have one that is more appropriate to home protection.
Dunno. It's a tough nut. But it's just ridiculously easy to get a gun in America, easier than getting (car analogy ahead) a drivers' license, in my opinion. It should be at least as annoying to do as that.