OK, my wife and I had a discussion this morning. Keep in mind:
I'm a US citizen
Never considered "unstable" (crazy ideas at times, like thinking I may beat Turbofest at a comp at some point:roll

Own a couple guns (inherited, 12ga shotgun, 20ga shotgun, 22 lever action rifle....all from a farm owner---my GrandFather)
Have had "training" at scout camp
Have my own school age kids
-Training from 6th grade to graduation, not sure, but I likely wouldn't say no either. Living in a high density area (NY Metro area) is different than rural Texas.
-Automatic death penalty...nice idea, likely slim chance of getting it passed. Quite a few states have either repealed the death penalty, or have them but don't use them.
Part of my discussion this morning:
-Register gun owners
-Register guns
-Need proof of recurrent training, yearly
-Show to police that you use trigger locks & a gun safe, yearly
-Insure your weapons to cover innocent people that "may" get shot by YOUR weapons
Now, some of this is already done, but not all. I believe you can cross state lines to a "lax" state to get some guns. I also believe that "reporting" & "screening" is a bit lax at guns shows and likely non-existent for private sales.
Now I'm not the "gun paperwork expert", but hang with quite a few that are big into guns. I also know it varies some state to state.
Not sure I agree with the insurance bit we discussed, but see the rest as "reasonable". Just my ideas.
I think trying to regulate guns out of existence is hard at a minimum, and not really needed.
Making them hard for ANYONE to just grab & use, great.
Did the mother in the CT shooting keep the guns locked?
If she did, did the son know how to get them?
Frankly a few simple things would have stopped/limited a stupid shooting.
And yes, I agree that, "People kill people, not guns". Guns are a tool that can be miss-used just like ANY tool.
PS, Rockhard, you sorta scare me with your comments and "ready access" to multiple guns. Frankly if it's that bad near you, I would just frikkin move.:shock: