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I'll compromise with you.33,000 people die every year because of gun violence. It's easier to get a gun than it is a car. Ar-15's are being sold at Walmart. Something needs to be done this is my plan
1. Close the gun show loophole
there's no reason that just because weapons are being sold at a gun show that background checks shouldn't be required. This seems like common sense at this point.
2. Impose stricter background checks
People on the terror watch list shouldn't be able to purchase firearms. People with a history of mental health issues shouldn't be allowed to purchase firearms. It should be much more difficult to get a permit to purchase and carry a firearm from where I can obtain a permit in 22 states online.
3. Ban heavy assault weapons
This is my largest point. The only weapons that should be legal to own are 1. Handguns with a magazine capacity of 10 or less 2. That can hold 6 shells or less 3. single shot hunting riffles. There is no reason a private citizen needs an AR-15 heavy assault weapons are used for one purpose and one purpose only to kill and to kill efficiently they have no place in domestic America.
Those are my 3 main points for my gun control plans.
Your thoughts?
1-All purchasers must go to their nearest law enforcement agency and get an affidavit notarizing that Law Enforcement has indeed done a background check. The affidavit is good for up to 30 days. No actual gun purchase is registered with the background check and all sellers must verify the affidavit prior to transaction.
2-Terror watch lists are scrubbed. No one can be on the terror watch list for more than 72 hours without a preliminary background check having been done. The governemnt will be fined and subject to lawsuit for anyone on the list for more than 72 hours without an investigation. Denial of Constitutional rights cannot be enacted prior to recorded due process. If you are going to use mental health issues as an exclusionary weapon against citizens, you must apply that same criteria to access to automobiles, knives, and certainly child custody.
3-Sorry...you need to reread the Constitution. The 2nd Amendment does not guarantee me the right to defend myself. The 2nd Amendment MANDATES my right to keep and bear military grade weapons as a last line of defense of country. You want to try to change that...feel free. Get started on the amendment process.
Deal?