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Originally Posted by Jazuela

Here's some constructive ideas for consideration:

1. Raise the purchase age to 21, with a waiver for anyone 18-21 who can prove they are living independently.
2. Tighten and strictly enforce the domestic violence law: if you have been convicted of violating domestic violence law, you are automatically registered, and automatically disqualified and legally unable to purchase any firearm. Eliminate the "loop hole" that allows a do-over for anyone whose sentence was reduced/removed, or who pleads guilty to a lesser charge. If you beat your husband, if you clocked your son over the head with his cell phone, if you punched your mom when she tried to ground you for smoking in the back yard, you can't legally own a gun, period. Studies show that domestic violence is one of the main indicators of future violence.
3. Change the culture of people who choose to be armed, and make all firearms come with a trigger lock on the gun right out of the box, sold in the locked position.
4. Increase funding for mental health care, and reduce or even completely eliminate the cost of mental health care for the poor and other under-represented people in this country.

Will any of these things fix the problem? Nope. Will all of these things contribute to reducing the problem? Yup.

Those are all good ideas.