Oh, let me make sure I have this straight, you mean they should focus on catching actual legitimate criminals and gangs who use and transport illegal guns?

You mean they should do that INSTEAD of making more guns illegal to legally own?

AND they should do that instead of making responsible, law-abiding gun owners who have never hurt anybody or done anything illegal INTO criminals?

And we’re not even going to need to discuss the possibility of increasing the scope of background, medical and psychological checks to ensure that the few who are pursuing a fully legal path to gun ownership, but are or eventually become at risk of causing harm with guns, do not get any license or legal access to firearms in the first place?

I admit that your idea sounds like it would be great for stopping the flow of illegal guns into our country, and stopping most gun-based crime, but I don’t understand, how does it hurt legitimate gun owners? I’m pretty sure that’s the goal, right? I thought we didn’t care about illegal guns getting into the country, only about discouraging people from owning guns and making life more difficult for people who choose to own guns while trying to live up to the acknowledged and genuine privilege of doing so, despite the bureaucratic punishments and continuous discouragement.

/s for most of that obviously