I'm really curious about these issues because I lived in England for 10 years and quite liked living in a place where very few people had guns, even most police didn't carry a firearm into most situations. Britain still has violent crime, I'm not saying that's not the case, but it was an interesting situation to be in.
Anyway, it seems to me that in the US we can't unring that bell even if people wanted to. So I'm curious about what responsible gun owners think of the gun climate and what they would want to see change so they also felt safer. It seems like changes would have to be agreeable to or prompted by responsible gun owners in the first place, rather than imposed on them by non-gun owners.
I would also be for regular renewals or requalifications and more stringent background checks/no sales without full paperwork, license, etc.
As for guns themselves, is there a good way to keep them
out of the hands of felons, for example? I wonder what the jail time is for illegally owning a gun.
And, just to settle this, I call you Larry because others do and often it's the most charitable thing I can bring myself to call you. I will call you A&R from now on. And I'm done with this particular sub-discussion in the thread, so don't expect any more from me on this topic.