Black Woman Blogging's Gun Control Proposal

Thanks to a relative who sent me death threats, I became a gun owner. Reluctantly.  What can I say.  You don't choose your family.

That said, I'm for gun control.

As far as I'm concerned, America lost its moral compass when we didn't do squat after Sandy Hook.  If you can allow a madman to murder children and not be moved to do nothing, you have no moral compass.  Period.

Now that we've broken an unfortunate record for the number of people killed in a mass shooting, perhaps we as a country are ready to get our minds right about gun control.  Perhaps.  So in that spirit, I offer my gun control proposal.

First, we need to agree on some real (not alternative) facts and principles:

1.  There is no such thing as an unlimited right.  Yes, people, there are no unlimited rights protected under the Constitution.  Your right to free speech?  Well, not all speech is protected under the First Amendment and even protected speech can be limited by time, place and manner.  Your right to own property?  Well, eminent domain limits that.  So any idea that you have a Second Amendment right to own as many guns as you want and as many kinds as you want?  Fuggedaboutit.

2.  More guns are not the answer.  I listened to some fool from Gun Owners of American argue that if Las Vegas had not been a gun free zone, the victims of the Las Vegas shooting would have been able to defend themselves.  Really, fool?  Like they could have been able to return fire accurately from their distance?  No, more guns are not the answer.  And this line of B.S. that we need more "good guys" with guns to protect us from the "bad guys"?  Simplistic B.S.  What we need is to make it so that fewer people have guns to begin with.  Fewer guns, lower risk.

3.  Nobody should have better weapons than law enforcement.  Nobody should be able to mow down law enforcement folks.  So, to my mind, no one but law enforcement should have semiautomatic weapons and no one needs automatic weapons.  If you need a semiautomatic or automatic weapon to hunt, maybe you need to get with some bow hunters who get the job done without any ammo 'cause you're not ready for gun ownership.

4.  We need to learn from other countries that don't have as much gun violence as we do.  I don't know what it is about America, but we act like no matter what we do, we do it better than any other country.  Not so.  If we want the greater peace and safety of countries that have less gun violence, we need to do what they do and learn from them.

With that in mind, here's my gun control proposal:

1.  You get no more than two guns per person:  One for protection, one for hunting.  That's it.  Even if you're ambidextrous, you can only shoot two guns at a time.  The more guns you have, the more of a danger you are to the rest of us.

2. No semiautomatic or automatic weapons.  Because no one should have better guns than law enforcement.  And no grandfathering in, so you will have to give up your semiautomatic or automatic guns.

3.  If you have ever been convicted of a felony or adjudged to have been mentally ill, you don't get to own a gun.  Ever.  Sorry, not sorry.  Again, there is no such thing as an unlimited right.

4.  Every gun owner gets an annual federal background check, mental health screening, and gun safety class in order to get and keep a gun license.  You don't get these done annually, a warrant is issued for your arrest, your guns confiscated, and you're done with gun ownership.

5.  No alterations of weapons to make them semiautomatic or automatic.  If you alter your weapons, you lose them and your right to own guns.  Bump stock and other alterations will be outlawed.

6.  Bullets will be taxed to pay for gun control.

That's it.  Simple.  Clear.

Now let's see what our elected leaders do about it.