We have gun regulation. The problem is that sometimes people don’t actually do their jobs… who’da thunk it?
We have gun regulation. The problem is that people are so worried that their physical/mental condition will be known that critical information gets missed in the firearm purchase process. How many of these folks have we heard about that have various mental illnesses, but that information doesn’t seem to get where it needs to go.
We have gun regulation. However, remember the de-emphasis on prosecuting gun/drug crimes, etc. in the previous administration… Bob, the multi-time felon won’t be out shooting up the town with a Glock/AR/AK if he is sitting in a prison for a real, actual sentence. Heck, I’ve seen judges allow multi-time felons to dictate to the court what happens to the numerous firearms that they are arrested with ('cause, you know, their buddies would never give the weapons back to them).
Perhaps, what we need is mentally ill people regulation. Bring back asylums, while bad things happened in asylums, they happen on the street too; except that on the street, they are a danger to others as well.
Perhaps, what we need is criminal regulation. You commit a violent crime, you spend a lengthy amount of time in jail, with real truth in sentencing. You commit a second violent crime, well, you leave the prison in a rubber zip-up bag. Also, need to enhance drug sentences for drug pushers; have seen various situations where druggies turn to thieves, and then to violent offenders. Shockingly, a gang-banger can’t do a drive-by when he’s serving 20 years for slinging heroin, crack, and who knows what else.
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