COMMOM SENSE GUN REFORM SOUNDS LIKE THIS:
By Derreck Wells, Responsible Gun Owner 08/05/2019
In the wake of the shootings this weekend I've been hearing a lot of talk on gun control. Gun grabbers want more, stricter laws while gun enthusiasts say criminals don't obey the existing laws, why would they obey new ones.
Both sides are correct, but in this devided country we live in, no one wants to give an inch and meet in the middle.
And yes... there is a middle ground. The DFL.
The best compromise between the gun grabbers and the gun owners is to set up a system like our driver's licenses. In order to get a driver's license, we need to pass a written and a practical test. That license is then valid in every state, because the test is up to Federal standards in every state.
If we had a Federal agency called the DFL (Department of Firearm Licensing) we could take a written and practical firearm test, then we get a license that is valid in every state, just like our driver's licenses. We would then need to show that license to buy a gun, whether through private sale or through a dealer.
During the process of making our appointment for the licensing test, we would sign a HIPPA waiver allowing the DFL to access our medical records. By the time we go to take our test, they would have already checked for mental issues excluding us from gun ownership and if any were found, not allow us to take the test. (The DFL employees would be subject to HIPPA confidentiality just like medical personnel are.)
Now, before anyone starts arguing with me about constitutional "rights" to own guns... everyone of legal age could still own a gun and keep it at home with no license (if they pass a background check and get an FID card like Massachusetts uses), just like anyone of legal age can buy a car and keep it at home with no driver's license (you need to be 18 to sign a bill of sale, so ID of some sort is required here too, or a parent has to co-sign.) However, if you want to take the gun (or car) off your property you would need to have a valid license. This would allow for home defense.
The reality is "rights" as you think of them don't actually exist. They are just privileges based on what country you were lucky enough to be born into; our founding fathers wrote them into our constitution as "rights" because they were getting out from under a King who gave them few privileges. The Constitution has been amended before, and it will be again. Those aren't "rights" if they can be changed with a majority vote, but I digress.
This plan would appease all sides, it's a great compromise. We, the responsible gun owners, get national reciprocity with a valid license (just like my driver's license is valid in every state) and they, the gun grabbers, get to know that everyone carrying a gun took a test to show they were capable to handle that gun safely... AND the government gets to make the money from licensing and renewals.
As a bonus, many small businesses would also benefit by having licensing classes, like driver's ed, but they can call it shooter's ed, so this would also create more jobs and business opportunities.
Criminals would absolutely still get guns illegally and use them, but no laws will ever change that. Laws only affect law abiding citizens, however, this would make it more difficult for them. It would effectivly close the "loophole" that is private sales and gun shows. If everyone had to show a federally issued gun license to buy a gun, even in a private sale, it would stop people that have been convicted of a felony or domestic violence, or that had mental issues, from lying and buying a gun anyway.
I'm quite certain the people that owned cars before there were driver's licenses weren't happy when those licensing laws came into effect and they had to get them, but here we are, all of us with a driver's license in our pockets. Those laws were implemented to keep us safe from people that don't know how to drive safely. Why should gun laws be different? We don't have to be happy about it, but in the long run, this plan would keep us all a little safer, just like driver's licenses do.
^This would be common sense gun reform. Please share this article as wide and far as you can. Maybe the right people will see it before guns are banned entirely and the Country falls into chaos.
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