Guns don't kill people ....

[DanaC]

Gun free isn't the goal. The UK isn't gun free. Don't expect it ever will be. Wouldn't want it to be. They're a tool, they have their place. I just dont think that place is in the bedroom, the kitchen, the classroom or the restaurant. I also don't think it is necessarily healthy for a society for huge swathes of it to be routinely armed to the teeeth and ready for action.

There should be restrictions in place on the number and power of the guns available to buy for private use and controls on how they are stored and used.

You aren't allowed to drive a car on public roads without a driving licence and appropriate insurance. I don't see why firearms training and licences can't be a requirement for gun ownership. And I don't see why it would be unreasonable to expect that someone wishing to accrue a collection of firearms as a hobby or interest should have to observe certain safety protocols. Nor do I think it is unreasonable to register sales of guns. In order to make it easier to track firearms which have made their way into black market or criminal fraternity.

None of that would require anybody to come and take away your Stoeger and shells

[henry quirk]

"Gun free isn't the goal."

Not there, perhaps.

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"You aren't allowed to drive a car on public roads without a driving licence and appropriate insurance."

Not about 'allow' but about 'catch me if you can'.

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"I don't see why firearms training and licences can't be a requirement for gun ownership."

Hey, I'm all for that!

I, of course, decline to participate

[henry quirk]

Not at first, no.

See the law in New York.

One year to register.

Imagine that federalized.

Me: not doin' it.