P.O. Box 11622
Oakland, CA
94611
Gun
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Preamble:
With the anniversary of the tragic shootings at Columbine High School around the corner, Congress has still failed to pass any meaningful measures to prevent future gun death and injury. Now is a critical time for the majority of Americans who support common sense gun laws to demand action. MGO therefore calls upon Congress and the President to:
Recommended Actions:
1. - Seek a nationally mandated, state-run system of photo licensing for all hand gun owners and potential hand gun purchasers. Anyone who wants to buy a handgun would have to have a license that would prove they are eligible to own a handgun (having passed a background check to prevent felons and the mentally ill from buying guns and demonstrated knowledge of gun safety;2. – Ban so-called “junk guns,” the cheap handguns so often used in violent crimes;
3. – Increase penalties for knowingly selling a gun to someone ineligible to purchase one; for using a gun in a violent crime; and for illegal trafficking of guns;
4. – A three day waiting period, one-gun-a-month, closing the gun show loophole, and requiring child-safety locks on hand guns;
5. – Oppose efforts to provide special legal protection for gun manufacturers;
6. – Oppose efforts to loosen existing limits on concealed weapons;
7. – Require gun manufacturers and federally-licensed sellers to report gun sales to a state authority. This requirement would greatly assist law enforcement in tracing ownership of guns if they are used in a crime;
