To: President Donald Trump, The Nevada State House, The Nevada State Senate, Governor Steve Sisolak, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Gun Control Makes Sense
List of Common Sense Changes Needed on a National Level:
1) NO MORE Automatic or Semi-Automatic military ASSAULT WEAPONS for Civilians, PERIOD. No more multiple high-count ammo cartridges sold to civilians, PERIOD.
2) Persons with a criminal record, anyone arrested for domestic battery, persons with mental illnesses, under age persons, and other persons unsuitable for gun ownership should NOT get a gun license or permit of any kind.
3) Every Gun Owner Must have a background check. NO more gun shows without background checks, PERIOD.
4) Every Gun Owner Must take a gun safety course & renew the same course every year or two.
5) Every Gun Owner Must have a gun permit for each and every gun they own which MUST be renewed regularly just like a driver's license with a demonstration of competency in the use the weapon and a written test of the rules. Legal gun owners with a current permit are the ONLY persons allowed to buy ammo of any kind.
6) No Internet Sales of Guns or Ammo.
7) Make it illegal to "Loan", "Lend" or otherwise allow another person who does not have a current, legal gun permit to borrow or use your firearm PERIOD. Gun owners should be Proscecuted for allowing ANYONE without a legal gun permit to use their firearm, PERIOD.
8) Gun owners MUST purchase an appropriate Gun Safe BEFORE purchasing a gun and it must be installed (attached to wall/floor) by the Gun Dealer and inspected by the local police every year. Gun Owners who don't use their gun safe properly should be Proscecuted for any accidents or crimes due to their Gun Safe Negligence.
9) Gun owners MUST report loss or theft of a firearm and/or ammo IMMEDIATELY or face procecution for failing to do so.
10) Add lost or stolen weapons to a National Database for police agencies. Anyone caught possessing or using an illegal firearm and/or ammo on this database should be procecuted for this violation in addition to any other charges. Mandatory jail sentences should be used for illegal weapons use or possession.
11) ALL new Ammo produced after 2012 MUST be the new kind that goes "bad" after a certain time limit. All old ammo should be traded in "for free" for this NEW ammo. Then make the use of the old ammo a felony after a period of amnesty for the old ammo. Controlling the ammo is much easier and more effective than controlling the guns.
12) There must be a record of the sale of all ammo, limits on amounts of ammo per gun owner, restrictions on how much ammo can be purchased within a certain time limit which makes it impossible to legally "stock-pile" ammo.
13) All ammo must be sales MUST be "tagged" to a gun owner's gun permit to prevent lending, borrowing, gifting, trading or otherwise exchanging ammo ESPECIALLY with unlicensed persons.
Why is this important?
We CAN have sensible gun control WITHOUT impinging on the Second Amendment. We have limited the First Amendment with common sense; You can't shout FIRE in a crowded theatre. We can do the same for the Right to Bare Arms.
Having the Right to Bare Arms comes with a HUGE responsibility and should be treated that way. A gun is a dangerous lethal weapon and we have less regulation of guns than we do of cars and who can drive them. That is crazy!
Heavy, strict regulation of guns DOES NOT limit the rights of citizens who are of sound mind, legal age, and non-criminal background to bare arms. It preserves the Right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for the majority of citizens in our United States.
No one should be gunned down by a mentally unstable person, a criminal or child in possession of a dangerous firearm. We can make sensible laws to prevent mass murders and other gun violence without violating our Second Amendment.