Gun Control Reform Activism

Okay, here goes (and please bear with me until the end)

1. Grandfather the assault-type weapons already owned (AR-15s, etc.): if you own one, you can keep it.

2. A two-year federal-level ban on sales of these weapons, accessories, and ammunition to the general public.

3. A two-year federal-level ban on using or showing these weapons by the general public, including demonstrations and shooting ranges.

4. Two years of automatic confiscation of any of these weapons or ammo visible in public.

A privately funded study to examine gun violence during the two-year period. Who funds and runs it? I'm not there yet.

Depending on the study results, the potential for a permanent ban on sales of these types of weapons to the general public.

Look, I qualified on an M16A1 back in the Army. I thought it was a cool device, especially when shooting auto. I almost bought an AR-15 a couple of years later. I never did. And I know people who own AR-15s and keep them locked up in a gun safe. But these things have gone beyond "a cool toy to use at the range" to some kind of symbol of power and expression of hate. I think it's time for gun manufacturers to re-tool and come up with a "cool toy" that can't do as much damage.