tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post8732538130372895080..comments2024-03-23T11:23:29.270-04:00Comments on Music of the Spheres: Gun MadnessFlyingSingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12015886527228889332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-76074207519205049112015-08-31T07:48:09.508-04:002015-08-31T07:48:09.508-04:00Thanks Marcel. It is absurd that cars and drugs an... Thanks Marcel. It is absurd that cars and drugs and even toys are regulated for safety and in other ways but that guns have hardly any regulations. But it seems it would take a huge change in the political climate before even the mildest of such improved regulations could become law, except possibly in a few states or local areas, and probably not in the areas that suffer the most gun violence which tend to also be the most conservative. I'm not saying we shouldn't continue to try to improve things, but it's going to take a very long time. When things are so polarized that people can't even agree that saving lives is a common value, you know you're in for a long, frustrating struggle and that unfortunately many thousands of innocent people will lose their lives in the meantime. It certainly is very frustrating. FlyingSingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293105558659376603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18052302.post-14194790219403779532015-08-31T02:43:18.455-04:002015-08-31T02:43:18.455-04:00There are a few ways to dramatically reduce gun vi...There are a few ways to dramatically reduce gun violence in America, IMO:<br /><br />1. There should be a mandatory 10 to 20 year Federal sentence for anyone committing a felony while using or possessing a fire arm-- in addition to the sentence for committing a felony. <br /><br />2. Sentences for a felony crime should be multiplied by the number of times a convict has been previously sentenced to prison for a crime or crimes. For instance, a criminal who has been sentenced to prison once before would receive another regular sentence, but if he, or she, has been previously sentence to prison twice before, they would have their jail time for their next sentence doubled (a more logical and fair multiple offender law, IMO)<br /><br />3. Gun owners should have to pay $50 dollars for a Federal gun license plus $50 annually to renew that license. <br /><br />4. Gun owners and gun merchants should have to pay $36 dollars to register each gun that they own and $36 a year to re-license each gun that they own (over $11 billion a year in Federal revenue). This should lower the tendency to stock pile lots of weapons. <br /><br />5. There should be a 30 day Federal waiting period before a licensed individual can take home a new gun. <br /><br /><br />6. Gun owners should have to pay $50 if they lose their licensed weapon. <br /><br />7. Gun owners should have to pay a $500 fee for every unlicensed weapon found in their possession. <br /><br />8. Automatic weapons should be considered as-- weapons of mass destruction-- and should be banned from private ownership. <br /><br />9. Persons found in possession of automatic weapons should be fined $1000 for each weapon found in their possession. <br /><br />Marcel Marcel F. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245086958213100840noreply@blogger.com