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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I don't think that any law is going to eliminate accidents, mistakes, or momentary lapses in judgement. Also, if you accept that most people have a basic right to own a firearm, then any law you make needs to allow for reasonable accessibility to a firearm to maintain that right.
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How about a law that holds the seller legally responsible for the use of a gun that is sold illegally. Combine that with mandatory universal background checks and you have a first step.
Gun shows, private sales, "buying for a friend" all contribute to people having guns that shouldn't. It will NOT stop all of them, it will NOT solve the problem, but maybe if we stopped arguing over the perfect solution and started taking steps in a direction to slow the problem we might make more progress than have been accomplished in decades of arguing over perfection.