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(03-28-2019, 10:51 AM)Beaker Wrote: I've always considered registration and licensing laws for guns and exercise in futility if you are considering them as a method to eliminate gun violence. They simply work more as a revenue stream for govt then anything else.

Well, here's this issue with that.

Several countries with low gun violence rely on some basic education and licensing. Like Japan. More than 100 million people, about 10 gun related deaths per year. Why? Because idiots aren't allowed to have guns. 

Not that people are prevented from owning, just idiots.

You want a gun, you go to an all day class and prove you can handle a firearm. And you go through a mental health screening. And every three years you repeat the process.

And that's the point of licensing: it's not about restricting your right to own a gun as long as you're a stable person, it's about keeping them out of the hands of crazy ass people. 

They do have some pretty restrictive laws as far as types of guns, but the heart of reducing gun violence is making sure dumb people have a harder time getting access.

I think most people agree with the 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' mantra, but we make it took easy for people looking to kill people to have access. 

Background checks and licenses work. It's one of the simplest, most cost effective ways to handle the situation.