Why Congress Needs to Act

[Scuba]

[nonoyes]

1. Amazing facts!

More Americans have died from gun violence than from ALL OF AMERICA's WARS COMBINED!!!!!!

[rdharma]

2. WHEN we get universal background checks passed......

...... no damn loop holes/exceptions! Please!

No passing on an heirloom to a relative ...... or gifting..... or whatever else they come up WITHOUT A CHECK!

[Scuba]

3. I'm a life-long gun owner who would like to see very restrictive measures taken, including ...

... 100% background checks

... 100% registration

... banning of "high firepower" weaponry. See here for more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2213258

... transfer prohibition/buyback program (weapons held before being banned cannot be transferred, even to heirs)

... magazine capacity limit of seven (see "high firepower" discussion)

... ammunition purchase limits for ammo taken off range premises. Shoot all you want while at an approved range. You can go home with n rounds / year.

... insurance mandates

... and more

[CokeMachine]

4. I'm on board with Universal Background Checks

Been living with that in CA since I started buying/selling guns here. We even have a 10-day waiting period and one new hand gun per month. We can buy/sell as many "Used" hand guns and rifles as we want. Since I buy mostly used hardware, I'm not affected.

[Scuba]

5. They're not controversial, yet still not politically feasible. Sad.