-Reinstate FAWB
-Mandatory Gun License and registry
-When technology allows it, a ballistic fingerprint database made at the point of manufacture, so that basically 100% of all guns have their ballistic fingerprint stored before they are even sold.
I guess I am kind of old fashioned regarding guns. As far as rifles and shotguns, I do not really see the need for a private citizen to have anything other than your basic bolt action rifle or pump action shotgun.
Regarding handgun magazines, I think the FAWB rule of 10 was reasonable and rational. When does a private citizen need to be able to pop off more than 10 rounds at a go?
At the end of the day though, I am not terribly bothered. If the gun lobby clings too tightly to the loose and unnecessary status quo, they may just find a day in the future they never imagined. I genuinely believe that if there are not major adjustments to gun ownership in the country, the younger generations will eliminate the issue altogether by amending the constitution.
I know we love our constitution here in the Good Ole USA. But the 2nd Amendment is just an amendment. It is not any more protected under law than any other amendment. If the Constitution could not be changed, we would still have slaves, and women would not be able to vote.
I do not think people realize just how precarious the right to gun ownership is in the US. Here are a couple things to chew on:
Roughly 1/2 of all guns in the US are owned by just 3%-5% of the population.
Views on gun restriction are partisan, but not as much as you think. Even before Parkland, 84% of Democrats and 55% of Republicans wanted tighter gun restrictions. Now both are even higher. Even allowing for the fact that this is an NPR survey, it's very fair to say that a sizable majority of the country prefers more restriction.