Mass shootings

[Dill]

(03-13-2018, 01:06 PM)fredtoast Wrote:
Yes it will make it much more difficult to obtain a weapon because all sales will only be allowed to people who can register a gun.  Private sales to criminals would no longer be allowed.

There is a major business in gun trafficking.  If a criminal wants a gun he buys it instead of looking for a place to steal one.

Right now if a police officer discovered a gun (or guns) in a car with a bunch of convicted felons all it takes is one guy with a clean record to claim ownership of the weapons and without more evidence there is nothing the police can do.

And if a police officer encounters a person with a gun the officer has no way to check his mental background to determine if he should be allowed to own a gun.

Finally, holding gun owners responsible for their guns would greatly reduce the number of guns that are just laying around unlocked for kids and/or adult criminals to pick up easily.

The first four statements are premises in support of one claim, that gun registration would help keep guns out of the wrong hands, therefore an extended argument. The last one is an enthymeme. All focus on the issue; no quips or ad hoc ad hominem.