This country is pretty fucked up. I’ve never had a gun, don’t care to shoot guns, nor do I feel the need to get one. I get self defense, sure. But I find it pretty funny that I have to go through 8 years of schooling, so many continuing education courses, maintain multiple licenses, and have to follow so much regulation to do simple medical procedures on patients. Yet when it comes to something dangerous like guns, I can go to a gun show today in Texas and probably buy a semi-automatic rifle without anyone blinking an eye.
This country isn’t interested in solving real world problems. Everything is political. I have a simple solution. Allow basic rifles for hunting and very basic handguns. You must go through a one year process of training, background checks, mental health check to obtain a handgun. You have to take yearly courses to maintain the ability to keep your handgun. You are limited in how many weapons you can buy. Eliminate semi automatic rifles. You don’t need one for self defense. We’re not having a war here.
I bet those 3 simple measures would drastically decrease shootings. So there, you get to keep guns to protect yourself. Anyone who finds those simple measures unreasonable probably shouldn’t be allowed to have a weapon that can take a life.