I think we need tighter controls, especially on handguns.  And maybe controls is the wrong word, but every gun manufactured is legal, yet they find there way to criminals.

I think gun owners, like myself, need to start hoisting some of the responsibility of owning instruments that are used to kill people.

For example, failure to report a stolen gun should be a crime everywhere and if it's used in a crime, the liability falls on the owner.  It's not to much to ask in my opinion, that you check monthly to ensure all your guns are in your possession. And if not, report them lost/stolen.  And people who keep 'losing' them, lose their right to purchase more.

Right now, owning a thousand guns and leaving them in an unlocked area is OK, if they get stolen, nothing.  Not cool and irresponsible as F. That's not the norm, but you get my meaning.  Guns should be locked up with the exception of home defense weapons and carry permits.

I am all for control that make makes the owner equally responsible to the liability their purchases create.  The more you have, the more responsibility needed.  You own over 10 guns, you need them secured, or 10 is the limit.  Just common sense stuff that keeps guns out of circulation without restricting people who treat gun ownership like one should treat a deadly weapon.

Or someone accidentally kills themselves with your gun because it's not locked up or you forgot to ensure it wasn't loaded.  Like jail, you lose you right to own a gun for a period of time depending on the severity of the idiocy.  A kid, a couple years, you idiot friend while you were gone, a month or two.

And the assault riffles, fine, but make them a special class, if tone is stolen, no messing around, first offense you can't own another for 6 months, second one, 5 years, and after that, no more assault riffles.  Set up some sort of board of appeals, so if someone steals your 500lb gun safe, they can evaluate.  And people who use common sense aren't screwed by criminals.

I would even expand the guns available, machine guns no problem, you will need an approved safe, jail time if comes up missing, and liability insurance is required.  One per person per lifetime.  Crooks gets it, sorry, you have your shot and blew it.

Not pushing any of the ideas, more the point of making the responsibility of owning guns reflected in the law based on the liability.  There is more liability created with more guns one owns and the size and number of bullets they shoot.  The laws should reflect the difference in liability created.

People who have proven their responsibility should be afforded more 'rights' then the guy who bought his first gun and 6 months later, it's stolen or accidentally shot the neighbors dog when he dropped it.  

The problem, is no one wants to talk about common sense, it's ban this or that.  Which is dumb, but I support the bans because something has to be done, no doing anything and letting the gun industry run wild has left us with the highest gun murder rate of all industrialized nations by a long shot.

Currently we restrict way more arms than we permit, so established law, and folks with a lick of sense, already realize that the 2A is not absolute.  Few will argue that SAM's or nearly every other weapon the military uses, should be sold to anyone, yet they are armaments, aka arms.  We don't allow felons to own arms either, so it's not a 2A issue, it's a debate about what each side thinks are acceptable weapons for it's citizens to own.  

I say why not make the weapons society deems more dangerous, something you have to earn through being a responsible gun owner.  Nothing more.  And if you can't earn society's trust, you don't get the good stuff the responsible owners get.  And if you F it up, you get the 6" stuffed animal prize, a single shot 22.  Which doesn't infringe upon you 2A rights to bear arms.

What about going after bullets, no gun registries, just bullets registries, that require a a Photo ID.  Stamp identifying numbers on the casings.  You sign for the bullets, which can not be transferred for any reason.  No crime in doing it, so you can lend you buddies/family bullets, but if they are used in a crime, you get an equally proportionate sentence.  Start with 10% of the actual crime and double it each time with the maxims be very low at first, but graduating.  Not knowing would certainly keep people from selling their bullets, because if they kill someone, you're doing time.  

The ID used would be your state ID and criminal history would be validated at that time.  If you are convicted of a felony, the ID becomes invalid and the new one would not allow you to buy bullets.

Anyone caught making, selling, or using or black-market unidentifiable bullets gets slammed, no breaks, even for possession.

It's flawed, not sure how one keeps their casings at a gun range, but we should all be thinking of ways to reduce gun violence that doesn't restrict people who are responsible.

With no requirements for background  checks on most private transactions, a Times examination found, Armslist and similar sites function as unregulated bazaars, where the essential anonymity of the Internet allows unlicensed sellers to advertise scores of weapons and people legally barred from gun ownership to buy them.

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Seeking a glimpse into the largely hidden online gun market, The Times assembled a database and analyzed several months of ads from Armslist, which has become the dominant player in the arena, and examined numerous smaller sites.

Over the past three months, The Times identified more than 170,000 gun ads on Armslist. Some were for the same guns, making it difficult to calculate just how many guns were actually for sale. Even so, with more than 20,000 ads posted every week, the number is probably in the tens of thousands.

Notably, 94 percent of the ads were posted by "private parties," who, unlike licensed dealers, are not required to conduct background checks.

As long as no Federal master list is involved.

You register your car.  Why can't you register your gun?