Wednesday, January 16, 2013

On/Off

Here's a suggestion:

Equip guns with a GPS tracking device that can be used to deactivate the weapon in the case of loss or theft.

Make it so only the legitimate owner of the gun can turn it off.  Not the government.  Not the best friend.  Just the person who bought it and legally registered it.

That way, if a gun is lost or, more importantly, stolen it can be rendered useless by its' rightful owner and therefore wouldn't be as much of a threat to civilized society.

It won't stop all gun deaths but it might slow the problem down a bit and mute the argument that "only criminals will have the guns."

If we can put a man on the moon and control our televisions from the couch, surely we can make guns safer.

The Second Amendment is sacrosanct and an important part of our history, culture and daily life.

Keep the guns.  Buy more if you like.

But let's be sensible about how they are used in our society.  Let's engage in non-partisan conversation and listen to all possibilities, regardless of how far-fetched or nutty. Let's knock off the juvenile "us and them" extremism and find common ground.

Our future depends on it.

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