{"id":32218,"date":"2013-01-16T10:43:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T17:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/16\/gun-control-proposals.html"},"modified":"2013-01-16T10:43:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T17:43:10","slug":"gun-control-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/16\/gun-control-proposals.html","title":{"rendered":"Gun control proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let the flame wars begin<\/s> continue!<\/p>\n

Okay, so the legislative items the NBC article highlights:<\/p>\n

1. Requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales:<\/b> It seems to me this makes sense. It also means, if implemented fully, that a new group of "gun sale brokers" will spring up who can do the background checks for anyone (who's not already a licensed seller) looking to sell their gun. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

2. Banning "military-style" assault weapons:<\/b> It's unclear in the story what the definition will actually mean — in some ways, this is more a feel-good proposal for gun control advocates to scream for and gun control opponents to scream against.
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3. Limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds:<\/b> It seems a good idea. Some say that a trained person can reload a magazine very quickly, but I refuse to believe, esp. under pressure, that a person with three 10-round magazines is as deadly as a person with a single 30-round magazine when it comes to shooting as many people as quickly as they can.<\/p>\n

4. Strengthening penalties for gun trafficking:<\/b> Seems like a no-brainer to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It seems to me that more universal gun registration (rather than gun shooter licensing) would make #1 and #4 \u00a0lot easier.<\/p>\n

'The president also laid out a series of 23 executive actions – free from a Congressional blockade — intended to strengthen existing laws, augment mental health measures and promote federal research on gun crime through the Centers for Disease Control.'<\/i><\/p>\n

Reasonable. The hobbling done on the CDC and others regarding gun crime research has been disgusting.
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'The executive actions announced included stricter prosecution of would-be gun buyers who fail background checks as well as new requirements for federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.'<\/i><\/p>\n

Let's hope there are some bits in there to make those traces easier.\u00a0
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Overall, hardly anything comprehensive or mind-blowingly new. \u00a0 It will be interesting (and probably depressing) to see how the debate goes from here.<\/p>\n

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Let the flame wars begin continue! Okay, so the legislative items the NBC article highlights: 1. Requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales, including private sales: It seems to me this makes sense. 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