May 26, 2022

Worked this out on behalf of the world. I’m sure it will fall over itself in its haste to implement my suggestions:

No Open Carry anywhere in the United States

No Concealed Carry anywhere in the United States (exceptions can be worked out, say if you’re carrying diamonds to the bank in the Diamond District in NYC, or something like) 

No assault or military style firearms in private hands anywhere, ever, for any reason (Hobbyist  collectors could keep & collect if the firing pins were removed and stored at the police station.)

Background checks on all gun and ammunition purchases.

No one under the age of 21 can buy a firearm. 

People with hunting licenses may purchase, keep, and use firearms appropriate to that activity. Hobbyist target shooters may buy special firearms for that purpose, which hold a limited number of rounds (3?) and posses only the range sufficient to get a bullet to a target some reasonable distance away. 

Firearms restrictions apply to the police. No military style weapons in the hands of civilian peacekeepers. Weapons must be drawn or used only after an officer is fired upon, or when the presence of something that is actually (not possibly) a firearm is confirmed in the hands of a suspect. Officers who draw their weapons at traffic stops, sidewalk interrogations, or other low-intensity events, or in the absence of any mortal threat,  are to be summarily dismissed. The death of an unarmed civilian at the hands of the police is to be considered murder unless some overwhelming circumstance determines otherwise. Weapons are to be left in the vehicle and not instantly available to a nervous cop, unless the mortal nature of the situation has already been established. 

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AVLGMC rehearsal sparse. Does COVID reassert itself, or is everyone bailing out? L in the row behind fell asleep twice, snoring away. He sang exactly three notes of “My Bonnie Lass” and nothing else. When DB is accompanying, I am the only bass. I’m told I’m “carrying it.” 

Desperate cold rains.