Background checks are a joke if someone can legally buy a second hand gun from craigslist or a gun show without a background check. I say each gun should be registered like a vehicle through the DMV and I'd make it a felony to own an unregistered gun. Some gun nuts may see this as stepping on their rights, but I don't see the big deal. You go to the DMV to register your new vehicle and you don't complain (at least not too much) - I don't see why guns should get any special treatment. After all they can cause great bodily harm even more easily than a recklessly driven vehicle. The idea here is not to restrict gun ownership for law-abiding citizens. The idea is to make gun owners, both good and bad, more responsible and to more easily track down offenders. I bet if it wasn't for the NRA and its own agenda we'd already have this kind of system implemented.

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