Your Gun Control Laws

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(12-07-2015, 01:03 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I assume you mean an adult dependent living in the same home?  In that case, yes.  This is an example of why I want every gun registered to a specific owner.  In this case the adult who owns the gun would be held responsible to keep it from being possessed by the person barred from ownership. 

No minor should be allowed to own a gun.

Fair enough and I could "what if" it all day. I'm for stricter gun control laws as well, a lot more so than many conservatives. The issue is that we open ourselves up to a whole new world of discrimination once we start implementing stricter qualifications.
 
Here are a couple of my ideas.
 
Owning a gun should be like owning a car.
 
Once you turn a certain age (16 if there is a licensed gun owner in the home; otherwise18) you can apply for a “learner’s permit”. This written test should ask basic questions; perhaps even some that look into the mental capacity of the applicant. Other question should try to ascertain the applicant’s motivation for wanting the gun.
Your permit is good for 6 months and during that time the only time you may transport your weapon is when you are going to training and it must be open carried. When an individual is prepared to take the “on hands” portion of the qualification process, they go to a state ran testing facility and test. If they pass they are awarded a license and may now close carry and transport the weapon as they see fit.
 
Each year a licensed gun owner should have to submit a list of firearms they have.