Last night I decided that the absolute best way to lower the number of guns in the country and force safer behavior from current owners/users would be to create a nationwide rule that bars a person from touching a gun if their blood alcohol content is over .06.  I believe this would make it substantially less fun to own/use guns, lower the number of accidents and discourage irresponsible persons from the hobby.

Because as I wrote last night, "What's the point of being prepared for Armageddon if you can't get drunk and shoot varmints with your buddies in the meantime?"

Vice President Joe Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20501

Dear Mr. Vice President,

Well, I checked and it looks as if, even after Newtown and some stores pulling the gun off the shelves, sales of the Bushmaster rifle are up. Go figure. 

Reluctantly I have to agree with DF that at least some of this is fueled by people who believe that the gun will be outlawed, and that it is counter-productive.

Some of these may already be in place in certain locations. But here goes. This is a grab bag--some ideas are practical, some aimed at taking guns out of the hands of irresponsible owners, some are pure marketing. Regarding the assault weapons ban, maybe it's great, maybe it's dumb. My sense is that it probably needs some work. What doesn't?

As AT pointed out, the law would have kept a gun out of Adam Lanza's hands if his mom hadn't been a "prepper." (And maybe he wouldn't have tried to buy one if she hadn't been. The investigation may reveal more about this.)