Jon Stewart's plea for gun control

redlandssaintsson said

I enjoyed the emphasis Stewart made about the part of the second amendment people love to leave out: "a WELL REGULATED militia".

But as for a suggestion, can't we just reduce the number of guns available to everyone, and make the just a little, not a lot, but a little harder to own? Not buy, but own. I don't know the first thing about gun registration, but can we treat it like car registration and car licensure? You have to renew the gun every year, your license every 4 (with a "looney" test). It's annoying, but the "don't take my guns" people get to keep their guns and the "more gun control" people get more control of the guns.

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I wouldn't argue against that as long as the registration doesn't turn into a firearm tax like liscense plate tags have. I also wouldn't argue against a required gun safety class in school that operates much like sex ed. Even if you don't own a gun and don't think your kid will be around them you are wrong. Many of the accidental shooting deaths in the country happen with kids at another kid's house. Plus this way everyone has a better understanding of guns.

I doubt either would help very much but it would be a start. This wouldn't change that the majority of gun crimes take place with illegal firearms to begin with and the people doing a large percentage of the killing wouldn't be included in the registration processes.