Clearly the background checks are not being effective. Ghastly crimes and mass shootings are almost so common that they aren't really news anymore - unless you know the victims.
Besides, there are so many loopholes that congress just can't seem to close. Anyone who would not pass a background check can simply attend a gun show or check out craigslist. I'm amazed anyone fails a check.
So let's think about this. The government isn't capable of fixing this problem. Upstanding gun dealers clearly want to do their part to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and people with mental issues. Let them do it.
Here's how - one simple, easy to understand, law:
"If you sell a gun, that is used in a crime, you face the same charges as the perpetrator."
I bet gun sellers would be very careful who they sold to. I don't think making them an 'accessory' to the crime would have the same effect. You sell a gun used in a murder, you are a murderer. Clean, simple, done.
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