There have been many stories about gun control. The real problem is human control. There is no simple solution to the mass shootings that we have endured as of recent time, but let us look at some alternatives.
Both the CIA and the FBI have a fairly simple set of questions that they ask every person who applies for a position with them. These questions vary as to how they are asked but the answers are designed to assess the mental competence of the applicant. Let’s have these questions asked as part of the application for purchase of a firearm of any type, a mandatory maximum 15-day waiting period so that trained personnel can evaluate the answers and determine the competency of the applicant. This would not guarantee that every applicant would be 100 percent psychologically fit but I’m sure that a lot fewer loonies would be able to purchase firearms.
Simply checking a person’s criminal background doesn’t guarantee that said person is unfit to own a firearm. There are many people who have made minor mistakes in their life. Some of these people are among those whom I would rather have by my side with a firearm in a time of crisis because other than some small discretion, they are hard-working good citizens with good morals. Most would lay down their life for their fellow man.
