Or we can stop the freedom nonsense, make it illegal to own guns.
If you outlaw guns, only outlaws will have them.
However, I'm a big fan of meeting in the middle.
If we have the same requirements for gun ownership as we do car ownership, we'd solve a lot of problems related to gun issues.
Require Registration, require ballistics registration of each gun so you can match a bullet with a gun in a national database, require licensing to own a gun (i.e. you have to pass a test), require screening (background checks and medical checks mental health check)...
The real culprit here isn't so much the gun, but the people who wield them. The root cause of the mass shooting problems isn't the gun
but rather mentally unstable people. We need to focus on the root cause meaning
we need to focus on how we identify and treat the mentally ill in this country.
It is normal to periodically get a physical, however, why isn't it normal to get a periodic mental health screening?
The vast majority of the populace has never had a real in-depth mental health screening. Mental health is one of those things that everyone just assumes they know all about.
What we really need as a nation is to rethink mental health and to take concrete steps to ensure a mentally healthy populace. Those who are not mentally healthy should not be allowed to own guns. And illegal guns should be regarded the same way that drugs are. Which brings us back to registration.
Registration and screening is only a partial solution. The real solution is to take steps to ensure a mentally healthy populace and identify those who are not mentally stable and ensure they aren't allowed to own guns.