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There have been 286 mass shootings in the United States according to the Gun Violence Archive, more than 50 since January 2025 alone. If the life of a child isn't worth a week of waiting, or a document for proof of ownership to an individual, than perhaps that individual is exactly who should not be allowed to own a gun in the first place.

Ghost Guns

The Gun Act of 1968 needs updating. “Destroying the narrow part of the weapon: a receiver and a frame which includes the serial number, the firearm is considered to be destroyed.” This leaves the majority of the gun to be intact and available to be resold as a ‘ghost gun’. The receiver is just the section of the gun where the bullet loads into the chamber. This needs to be expanded so that once disassembled, each piece is to be destroyed so that each piece is smaller than 1 cm x 1 cm, or unable to be used in the original gun or another gun of similar design. (Ghost guns are a gun built from pieces of other gun parts that were only partially ‘destroyed’.)

Military-style guns/Mass killing weapons

Ownership of working automatic weapons should be illegal. The public does not need access to a weapon for mass killing. This includes equipment or attachments that makes non-automatic weapons act like automatic weapons. Military-style armaments which are primary instruments of mass killing and terrorist attacks should not be allowed in the hands of non-military personnel. This should include automatic weapons, large caliber weapons, and excessive clip sizes.

Registration/background

Each gun should have a registered owner. The current registered owner is responsible for the item and any acts it is used to commit. Before being registered a firearm, an individual must go through a universal background check.