And we certainly wouldn't want somebody that's been treated for depression by a doctor to have a gun, so we need doctor's to start providing the gov't with names of these people. Then there's the issue of gun safety for those who are allowed to have guns. We have an army to keep out foreign invaders. It's not like we need to worry about getting scalped by Indians with the Redcoats around. I already have a gov't-approved commode that won't flush a turd half the time.
Some foreigners think it's crazy the way anybody can get a gun over here.
This deserves a whole separate article. The Americans who founded this country knew that the only way to keep any gov't from going beserk was for the peasants to be able to shoot back. That's gov't by the people. Check out Title 10, Section 311 of the U.S. Code . Or maybe cause a potato chip shortage.