re: #58 freetoken

At this point, I think my biggest hope is just to find a way to keep guns from getting into the wrong hands (cue the ponies, unicorns, and pots ‘o gold). Of course, anything that has a possible chance at denting the profit-margin of the wealthy gun manufacturers has 0 chance at passing.

A good start would be to find a way to code each firearm so that it can’t be tampered with, and register that weapon to each owner. Every sale requires a back-round check, and every sale requires the weapon to be registered with the new owner. Start finding ways to make weapon owners culpable for crimes committed with their weapons (obviously if it’s legitimately stolen it won’t apply, but this is all about trying to eliminate straw purchases and forcing people to properly secure their weapons in safes).

I think that alone would be a huge start. Has nothing to do with banning anything, and legitimate, law-abiding owners and purchasers should really have nothing to fear (yes, I own weapons and have a very hefty safe for them—disclaimer).