Guns and Poses or Everybody shut the Fuck up and Listen

Today I want to discuss my views on the gun problem in America. However before we get into the debate we must objectively look at both sides of the argument. Now I am not going to speak on the most vocal of these groups because they don't tend to speak on what the normal person on their side is thinking. They tend to be the loudest and craziest members and I don't think it is fair to color the Pro-Gun side by the actions of Alex Jones. I don't like Piers Morgan either but the way Alex Jones acted in that video the only thing I thought to myself was "I don't think he should own a gun".

The Pro-Gun Control people do not want to take any one's guns away.

The Pro-Gun Control people do not want to take any one's guns away.

Do I need to say it again?

The Pro-Gun Control people do not want to take any one's guns away.

They feel that something must be done to prevent this epidemic of mass shootings. They are not sheep. They are not weaklings.

The Pro-Gun People have the constitutional right to own guns. They also feel something must be done to combat this epidemic of mass shootings. They feel however that we should address the cause of these shootings and not focus on the guns. They are not war-hawks nor are they people who walk around with their guns as if this is the Wild West.

These two groups are not that different which is why I named them very closely. They want the same thing but are unwilling to come to a compromise. We laugh and deride our politicians for not being able to compromise on the budget yet act like three year old when it comes to this topic.

Why are the only choices either no gun control or "They'll take all our guns"? Why not come together to make it harder for people who should not have guns get them? Shouldn't we do something or anything to prevent the violent death of at least one child?

If I was in charge and it was up to me I would put in place tougher background checks and a mandatory psychological evaluation. Then just like having to renew your driver's license every few years a person would be required to keep a current psychological evaluation on record. This would prevent a sane person from going crazy while owning a fire arm. Sounds like a lot of work doesn't it?

To prevent it taking forever for a law abiding citizen getting a fire arm I would create a DMV-type organization to centralize gun permits and psychological evaluations. This would prevent someone from being denied in one state to obtain one in another. I know someone people freaked out when I said a DMV type place but I think it's the only organization that is close to the idea I have. However look at what else we did. Not only did we make a real answer to both sides but we just created jobs. I am a job creator and I didn't even know it. The California DMV employs 9,000 people. All things being equal we are about to drop 450,000 jobs on the economy. That's if we don't up the amount of people we'd need to do all the work (and we'd probably have to). On top of that we are helping the Mental Health community identify people who potentially need help. Did I just solve three problems at once? More people would be needed in the Mental Health community which means more jobs.

Now this is just me throwing things out there and brainstorming but I think on the surface both sides could get behind this. I didn't bring this up to toot my own horn or start myself down the long road to government (Alfred Green 2016) but to illustrate that a reasonable answer can be reached if we drop our animosity and work together. If we don't do something now the next one is going to be worst than Sandy Hook. No one wants that.