Anna Quindlen made the argument eloquently. We're the ones who put locks on the kitchen cabinets, car seats in the minivan and childproof lids on the baby aspirin. Don't tell us we don't have the right to keep our children safe. The other policy goal of the march is to institute licensing and registration regulations at the federal level. Potential purchasers would be trained in basic safety, undergo a standard background check for previous convictions or history of mental illness, and pay a small fee.
Registration is focused on the gun rather than the gun owner.
A copy of the registration, including the gun's serial number, would be sent to law enforcement authorities, and one kept by the owner. Just as with a car, it would be renewed peridically and updated if the gun is re-sold. Courtney Love, in speaking publically for the first time about the death of her husband Kurt Cobain, demonstrated how such common sense regulations would have kept Kurt alive. She recounted that an acquaintance of her husband, with a long criminal record as well as a history of mental illness, was able to walk into a pawn shop and walk out with a gun in about five minutes. He gave the gun to Kurt and the next day Kurt shot himself.