Blr243 wrote:I don’t normally get involved in the political side of gun laws but this morning when I’m thinking about it. If pollies are under pressure from the public to improve public safety and if pollies are involved in making new laws , but remembering that outlaws don’t follow laws so that’s a waste of time . Perhaps regular amnesties to get guns off the street to lessen the chances of them falling into unstable hands ? Greater punishment for unregistered guns , advertising campaign offering a 50 dollar reward for dobbing in owners of unregistered guns resulting in a conviction ? I don’t know ? Just thinking out loud. It would be nice to see some new laws targeting the real problem individuals.. perhaps a re hash of the computer systems that link gun owners to violent crimes , or to drug activity , useing technology to catch people out , making sure less people slip thru the loop. That’s it for the moment. Someone else bound to come up with some possibilities
A mandatory twenty years inside for using a firearm to commit a criminal act would be a bloody good start at dissuading the common thug from carrying a firearm that he might then convince himself he has to use.
I could see a reward for dobbing in firearm owners being abused by the antis to have Police continually hassling licenced owners as well. I can't make myself believe unregistered firearms are a public safety issue, it's not that long ago that none of them were registered. It would make more sense to get rid of registration again.
The fact is they keep parroting "public safety" but it's been clear for decades that public safety has nothing to do with the laws that get pushed. We've had decades of more and more strict laws and we still have firearm violence, I would say a lot more firearm violence than I remember hearing about 45 years ago. The antis and media like to go on about "mass shootings", but the reality is more people are killed in non-mass-shootings, and even more in homicides with things other than firearms. If it were truly about public safety it would be aimed in very different directions than it is.