Greta75
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Fr Here is the O'reilly argument and solutions, and I think he make sense. From a realistic point of view, the US is never going to be gun free, forever! Constitution cannot change. So total banning is not possible. 1) The law should make it illegal for those on terrorist watch list to buy guns. And seriously implement this ASAP! 2) The law should make it compulsory for gun shops to report the details of people buying heavy weapons. Just for the FBI to monitor and take note. Not hand guns, but weapons identified as more high powered than a hand gun. 3) Congress needs to debate and go through what kind of rifles are a bigger danger to the public and not necessary for personal protection and ban those. Just like why hand grenades are banned and bazookas are banned, even though it can be used for personal protection but it's viewed as more dangerous to the public and public safety comes first. When Australia started their gun ban in the past 20 years ago, the gun murder rate fell 70%. In the same period of time, the murder rate with guns in the US has fallen 30%. And the shootings have fallen 60%. Gun problems going down and not up despite no gun ban. Reason is federal mandatory tough sentences given out to violent criminals. So the solution is, ALL gun crimes, including illegal sale of guns, should be a federal offense with mandatory sentences! The 2nd amendment does not give the right to people to use guns for crime. So for example, when you rob a 7/11 with a gun, not only do you get in trouble for robbery, but an additional charge for misusing the gun for crimes. Like compulsory 10 years in jail for misusing gun for crime, federal instated level, on top of whatever state's law is for robbery.
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