[Derek Sutton]

Personally the ambiguity of the term "Gun Control" is part of the problem. So many take that to mean "...they're gonna take our guns away". Gun control is blanket statement open to interpretation, rejected by hunters, sport shooters and those who use guns for personal protection because owing a gun is their right. Well yes, you can own guns for the aforementioned reasons that is your right but the 2nd amendment can certainly be amended and add restrictions.

A nation wide (screw varying laws by state, huge part of the problem) proposal to ban automatic guns (which may or may not already exist, heard many conflicting reports of this r is it by state?), ban high capacity magazines, say 7 or more, ban online sales of guns, and create a national standardized back ground check system for buying a gun would be a good start that I would think the majority of Americans could get behind. All that combined with a firearm registry which would allow authorities the information of persons with weapon caches. Also make it unlawful to posses military grade weapons, to hell with grandfathering clauses. Impose severe punishment and ramp up enforecemnt of gun trafficking and smuggling. I'm not convinced a buy back program would take guns out of the hands of dangerous people but heck, give it a shot, even if it could eliminate a portion of accidental deaths.

I always have and still do consider myself "pro gun" but something has to change, pro gun should not mean anti legislation. Changing the rules will change the culture which will change behaviours, it may take 25 years but it has to be worth a short.