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In article <rsutc-1411941532030001@nsc189t100.twu.ca> Rick Sutcliffe
(rsutc@twu.ca) wrote:

> I wonder if the pro gun lobby would care to try their hand at writing gun
> control legislation that would recognize their hobby and yet improve the
> liklihood of assault victims surviving because there were fewer deadly
> weapons with which to conduct attacks available to the less responsible. 
> After all, it may be people rather than guns that kill, but it is a heck
> of a lot easier to kill someone with a gun than without one.

> What would the gun hobbiests accept?  No controls at all?  Better ones? 
> What would they consider better?

Since you asked, here is my opinion. It's not complete, but basically covers
everything.

- Trash all existing gun control laws.

- Require safety and handling education for anyone wanting to own and use a
firearm. A certificate of successful completion or, better yet, a wallet
sized card, would be all that's required to acquire and use firearms.

- Any crime committed with a firearm (ie: armed robbery) should have an
additional charge of unlawful use of a firearm and, upon conviction, serve a
minimum 25 years with no parole, in addition to any other punishment for the
crime. Subsequently, anyone so convicted should be banned for life from
owning/using firearms, with the punishment for conviction being the same 25
years, no parole. No such charges should be allowed to be plea bargained
away.

That's it in a nutshell: Education to all for proper use, severe punishment
for misuse.

There is no room for aguing deterrent, here. You teach people the proper
ways of doing things, so you've done what you can. For those who will misuse
firearms, they will do so no matter what the law is. If you can catch and
convict them, keeping them out of circulation will ensure that they cannot
do so for the duration of their prison term.

There is no need to establish more laws that pertain specifically to
firearms. Anything you can do with a firearm that is unlawful, is unlawful
without a firearm. So, apply the generic law for the negative action, and
the misuse of a firearm law if applicable.

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