Name:   phil - Subject:   Gun control: See something say something do nothin Date:   8/9/2019 1:10:09 PM

Actually it was apparently not so much a warning as a call about was it legal for him to own it and concerns about was he mature enough for it (AK style)

Going back to Hound's points as well - I am not sure it is mental or behavioral - I think that some of these are going to come down to political.  Some of them are using the AR platform/assault rifles not because of the weapon itself or how fast it shoots, or how many can be killed.  I think in the minds of some of these idiots, by using it and killing as many as they can they think they will force the issue of gun control when otherwise it would not be brought up.  It does not take much to go from looking at relaxing gun laws to we have to ban anything with more the 5 bullets that can shoot as fast as your finger can pull - just look at how quickly we have went from supressors/silencers to back to turn them in / kick in the door of non-criminals to collect "weapons of war"

You can see this now with the statements being put out that legislation will be drawn up and voted on by labor day.  Background checks and red flag laws will be passed.  Politicians are running for cover of look we passed something - regardless of if it will help, or more importantly would have stopped any of these individuals from doing harm.

Most of the recent shooters passed background checks to purchase, few were stolen or taken from others.  So lets make every gun transaction require someone to call for a background check or require that before you can hand your shotgun down to a child or grandchild that you have to go through a firearm dealer for your child/grandchild to have a background check - that the recent shooters also passed.

I say lets have a national firearm picture ID - you can apply as you do a carry permit(at no cost) and can be revoked if you are a criminal or have a mental illness or prescribed drugs for mental illness, if you have your card you can buy whatever/how much you want.  While we are at limiting our "rights" lets also create that national voter picture ID with the same restrictions and spells out what political races you are allowed to vote in.