Gun Control Reform Activism

it would simply take the will of legislatures to pass the license statute.

There's nothing but an extension of current laws that require training, background checks, or safe handling. I have a background in mental health. Even without a complete diagnosis of mental illness, a social history, brief interview, check of treatment records, etc. would go a LONG way to prevent easy access to guns for obviously angry, suicidal, and emotional people. Look at the FSU shooter yesterday - just about everyone who knew him reported he was over the edge. Why was it easy for him to buy a gun and ammo? You don't need a major psych workup, all you need is a superficial check for the vast majority of license applicants. If there is a red flag, then the person has to clear it up before they get a license.

You can post whatever you want, but remember that I've been on the front lines of this a gun user for almost 60 years. I've heard all the arguments and they usually claim a right to have a gun, but who argues that unsafe people should have guns? Obviously, there needs to be a filter to sort the less safe people from the rest of us!

Rather than continuing to argue about guns, the types of guns, gun registries, and gun rights - we should focus on the people. After all, "guns don't kill people". I assume you've read "The Second Amendment: A Biography". The interpretation of the 2nd is dramatically different over time.

There is nothing in the Constitution that says a background check for a license could not include a basic assessment of personal stability! How detailed do you want? That's for each law to say, but over time I'm sure that reasonable checks would be included.

Does a carry permit have restrictions on HOW you carry? Of course. It's simply not illegal to require people to meet basic safety storage of firearms in order to possess or use a gun. If you can have a statue that guns are not allowed in kindergartens or football stadiums, then you could also restrict any location to lock em up or get them out.

If you agree a license works, then every state would eventually evolve the details for their own version. NY apartments may have different storage requirements than rural Nevada!

I remember when there were arguments about laws to give fines for littering or starting forest fires! I remember when people thought MADD was crazy to think we'd have DUI laws that would put someone in jail for DUI (even if they didn't have a wreck). If people wanted to require a license to possess weapons, then it would happen and no one would even think about it. The examples of the law following social change is endless.