I'll play Devil's advocate a little bit:
Age requirement - Make it 25 or older to buy an automatic weapon (Will get male's past the "mental disorder" stage). Or must be a legal gun owner for 5 years to buy an automatic? You can hunt with a single shot, pump, etc...
Good idea IMO.
Longer wait time - Might give someone time to process their crazy thoughts
I doubt that matters. Current wait times are adequate. I don't believe there are any 'rash" killings where longer waits would have made any difference.
More in depth background check - Not sure what this would include but maybe....eliminate anyone that has been treated for certain disorders, anyone questioned to be tied to any hate group, any violent crime (are all violent crimes felonies?) Maybe a background check that has minor flags and that temporarily prevents you from buying a gun?
Who defines "hate groups"? Given the opportunity, I believe Obama would classify the GOP as a hate group. An no, I'm not joking. Anybody who disagrees with the liberal agenda is evil in his mind. He has said as much.
Training - take some course to buy certain guns, passing the course determines if you can buy a gun or not of a certain style.
So now only smart people can buy a gun? Don't get me wrong, I'd be in favor of that. Of course I'd put the same standard on voting.
To me, some of this may address the mental health issue. Again, I don't really like some of these, but if they save one life? Also, I know the bad guys can still get guns if they want or use other means to kill. But that doesn't mean that we don't need to modify the law. Just don't modify it in a way that prevents me from buying a gun
I'm opposed to the government having access to my medical records for a multitude of reasons. But mostly I don't see any effective way of mentally checking gun own applicants. Its not like taking an eye test.
OT from this post: I mostly do not like that they target AR Style weapons as dangerous. You can do a lot of damage with a pump shotgun. So the first time some one uses a shotgun, we will ban them? I can get a handful of shots off pretty quick with a single shot.
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