Gun Control & RKBA

Regarding guns, if you buy a gun, it is assumed you will shoot it, which is a dangerous activity, even if you only did it in your own home.
Actually, it is very safe when done properly like on a range with proper backstop.
If you took your gun to a range, then you didn't keep it at home. If you have a gun range at home, then you own a lot more land than the average person. If you shoot at home on your own land, then the law should require that you build a proper range. I would consider that a form of gun control.

People have shot themselves or others by mistake or on purpose in their homes. People have shot through walls and killed their neighbors. People have shot visitors to their home. Visitors have shot their hosts. Children have played with guns and shot themselves or their parents. Children have shot visiting children.
All of which are extremely rare. When an incident in a small town is national news, that means it is extremely rare.
They may be rare, but laws aren't just based on statistics, they are based on a sense of outrage, the feeling that certain things just shouldn't happen. We are more outraged by plane crashes than car accidents, even though car accidents are much more common than plane crashes. Therefore air travel is much more regulated than car travel. The reasons for outrage are complex, emotional and buried deep in our psyches. Those small town incidents make news, not just because they are rare, but because it is outrageous that children are shot dead.


If you commit gun crimes in one state, you should not be able to go to another state, buy another gun and commit the same crime.
Criminals don't go to gun stores, and the background check system uses the FBI data base, and is usually done by the FBI.
Correct, that is a national framework. But I think there is loophole for gun shows. Is that correct?

Also, gun laws vary greatly from state to state, much more so than for cars. Some sort of national framework is necessary, even if it is limited to a background check to make sure you didn't commit a gun crime in another state.
Actually, there is a national framework. There are several federal laws concerning guns, there are none about driving. Also, criminals buy their guns on the black market.

I was talking about the justification for the framework. You asked why you should be able to buy a car without a national framework, but not a gun. I am not actually in favor of federal gun regulation in general. But I do think national background check makes sense.


There is a risk with having a gun in your home that is much greater (such as it is) than keeping a car in your garage.
Statistically, it is about the same.
Please provide your data

Since gun laws are impossible to enforce like drug laws..........
No law is impossible to enforce. Just some are harder than others.

How do you get grey highlighting in your posts?