Gun Control and Magical Thinking

Yes, and that is one of the things the article says.

SSG (Join to see) you hit the nail on the head, this country need to enforce the laws. ALL of the laws. When a convicted felon attempts to purchase a firearm, there should be a cop at that location in minuets and take this miscreant off to jail.

IMO, this goes beyond just gun laws. Law enforcement seems to have gotten away from enforcing the very basic laws. For instance I have personally seen three people run red lights or stop signs with a cop at the intersection, yet the cop does nothing. Basic psychology here, if the rules are not bot being enforced, no one will follow them and it escalates. Speed limits, stop signs... lead to assault, theft... where does society draw the line and demand that law enforcement does it's job?

Another problem America has is too many courts and no transparency between them. For example, my neighbor was arrested for drunk driving and sentenced by civil court and her license removed by department of motor vehicles. She got a lawyer and fought it and won (state of Florida mandates automatic DUI with 12 month loss of driving for doing nothing OTHER than refusing a breathylizer test - which she did).

However, even tho she beat it in civil court and got her record expunged, etc, the civil court judge does not talk to the traffic judge. Too many ropes to jump. So the problem is that the a label can keep you from voting or getting a gun. Hence, doctors and authorities don't want that hanging over their heads. Doctors in Florida and other states have been sued for "loss of rights". We see people all the time suing doctors because they were mistakenly labelled "suicidal" and now they can't have a gun, etc. And sadly, once given, those labels can rarely be removed.

PO3 Donald Murphy - That is another issue but yes the whole system needs work. like for your example the case should of went to a criminal judge and not a civil one and the judge should be punished for giving a sentence that is outside of how the law is written. Even the Judge should be punished for not following the law.

Yes, fixing the database, and prosecuting felons who lie on their background check, would be required.

No one said all violent crime would end. But, if you could magically get rid of all guns, all GUN crime would end. Not that I think that's a possibility - it's not.

MAJ Bryan Zeski - there is no way to eliminate guns in this world. It is too easy to make one in the garage with parts from Home Depot and now that 3d printing is taking off and CNC devices are coming down in price... too easy to build one.