Second of all, what I have advocated for for many years now is that in a nation with the gun rights we have, firearm safety and basic use should be taught in our schools. Their needs to be an emphasis on disciplined, responsible ownership.
Nobody can make the NRA do anything, but the NRA ought to be shamed into focusing less on blocking any and all gun legislation and primarily focus on educating gun owners on the safe and responsible use of their firearms. They should be at the forefront of setting the standards for when guns can, but more importantly when they can't, be used for self-defense.
But placing no hope on what the NRA might or might not do, assuming they'll continue to be more guns in more hands and if you get a little bit nervous start shooting, I think the government has a much larger responsibility in explaining when and where firearms can be used in self-defense.
I'm all for competency testing to purchase and to continue to own a gun. I'm all for a specific third-party (not hired by the seller, or the buyer, randomly assigned) psychological evaluation before purchasing and in order to continue possessing firearms.
I'm all for removing gun rights for any person who has displayed violent behavior that gets the attention of law enforcement, especially domestic violence. And when I say domestic violence, I mean by anyone in the house. You wife starts smashing your playstation controllers, cops get called, you no longer get to keep guns in that house.
I'm tentatively all for registration.
