# Common sense gun legislation?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sense-gun-legislation/733300>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sense-gun-legislation/733300 "2015-10-02T20:48:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sense-gun-legislation/733300/74 "2015-10-05T02:59:45Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> \*\*Common sense gun legislation?
> 
> \*\*“Handguns strictly registered and tracked, with permits hinged on aptitude tests. Long guns fine with the caveat that anything above and beyond what’s typically used for hunting is illegal.  
> If you have a problem with this, fuck you.”
> 
> Seems to be the most sensible scheme.

I’ll trade you.

I’ll go along with that, if you’ll go along with my addendum:

1. Everybody who can pass a background check is **REQUIRED** to own a gun.
2. Any such person who cannot afford a gun will be provided one free of charge by the government.
3. Gun ownership is a requirement for any elected office.
4. Giving away, destroying, mutilating, or anything else that renders a gun unusable by the original owner shall be punished by a mandatory 15-year prison term.
5. Any person who cannot pass the handgun aptitude test shall be given free remedial lessons for at least 3 months.
6. There shall be no restriction on any form of carry of any type of weapon in any place whatsoever.
7. Anybody who calls the police at the sight of somebody calmly open carrying shall be given a 6-month prison sentence for misuse of emergency services.

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