Glen Contrarian
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Registration, if free to the user, is OK provided it is voluntary for existing guns and mandatory only for new guns and includes the full right to carry nationwide.
Y'know, I'd agree to most of that...but only if all guns confiscated by police are destroyed - no sell-backs to the public. That way, even though it wouldn't be that effective in the short run, as the years go by, there would be fewer and fewer unregistered guns. But concerning the right to carry nationwide - IIRC that right already exists...but only within certain limits and only for those with the proper permits. Perhaps that could still be expanded a bit more, if a deal for registration could be made.
Except for places like bars - allowing guns in bars (like GA just did) is a very, very bad idea. And guns in schools? Really?
IMO guns - like almost everything else - fall under the "Goldilocks rule" - too much gun freedom is every bit as bad as too little. There has to be limits, there has to be sensible regulation...but by the same token, those limits and regulation must not prevent a law-abiding citizen from buying a good, effective firearm.