Yeah because so many people go and buy their ex con friends and family weapons. Just another way to steal our rights.

"The bill would punish people who knowingly buy guns for convicted felons and others who aren't allowed to buy weapons on their own. "

What I like is that the second something happens, the Media and people start blaming the tool that was used and not the guy that did it, Guns alone don't kill people, they're just a tool that ya can use,  without someone behind the gun pulling that trigger that gun wouldn't hurt a single person. Blaming guns for death and violence is like blaming a Knife for a stabbing, people get killed by knifes all the time but nobody is trying to push a band on them and make them illegal to own or use or what about a car, or a rock? Anyone could use anything in this world to kill another person really and if the government bans high capacity magazines and assault weapons, it wont solve anything, its just taking it away from the normal american who wants to own one, Food for thought, Why would anyone want to own an AR15 with a hundred round magazine? its just like, Why would somebody want to own a 72' Flat Screen HDTV with a 5.1 Surround sound system? Why would somebody want to live drive a huge truck when they live in a big city or go to Mcdonalds everyday and eat a bunch of crap food and then go to the supermarket and buy a bunch of stuff they wont use? Because this is america, the land of excess, its part of all of us, its just your choice on what you want.  Understand what I'm trying to say?

Look gun control is simple, instead of banning certain things (cause when has something being banned or something being illegal to use or have stopped somebody, just look at drug control and all that other BS that goes with, Smack is still being pushed all across america), just make it harder to get, Mental health Checks every so often, Annually or Bi Annually. Universal back ground checks. Make it so certain guns like assault weapons, you need to have prior training in, like military or police experience. Make sure they are not buying for someone with mental issue or a violent criminal back ground.

Great idea--why should felons or minors be able to buy guns?  Interstate trafficking in guns should be stopped with universal background checks, photo id etc.

 

However, this is really the tip of the iceberg:  assault weapons and large ammo magazines should be banned and universal background checks on all purchasers.

 

Then there should be a significant federal tax placed on every weapon sold and on every bullet sold in the U.S.  Say $5,000 tax per weapon, and $10/bullet tax.  Then use the funds from this tax to buy back any weapon for say $5,000, no questions asked.

 

It is a simple question of supply and demand for guns:  if they become very expensive then few people will own or have them.  Then, our death rate from homicides and accidental gun deaths and even suicides will drop sharply.  This is what Australia experienced in 1990s.

 

As fas as gun rights under the Constitution, the Supreme Court has said banning assault weapons and taxing guns is legal. 

 

As far a I am concerned, only a person in uniform in our police, national guard and U.S. military has a right to a weapon, and only if that person is "regulated" by being trained, supervised and held accountable as our police and Army and Marines are.