Look, is it really so much to ask that a weapon deadly at range be licensed?
I hear you about slippery slopes and and camel's noses, but, for real, shouldn't there be some way to know if the person who has a particular gun should have that gun?
Say you own a licensed handgun. It get's stolen. You call the police and let them know it's gone. It gets used to shoot somebody. Now you get your gun back after the trial. Say, instead, that you are a total bone-head and let your twelve year old get hold of it, and he takes it and gives it to a friend who sells it under the table. Way I see it, if you didn't report that gun missing, then you are responsible (in some degree) for any violence done with it.
So this is not (in general - I am sure the devil is in the details) unreasonable.
That's really all I have to say about it.
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