It's not like I stay up nights thinking of new and innovative gun laws, but I think I've got one.
Many of the suicides, murders, and mass murders are performed with guns that do not belong to the person committing the crime. Owning a gun is a responsibility. If you let it fall into the hands of someone who shouldn't have it, you are responsible.
So, make a law to that effect: If a gun owned by you is used in the commission of a crime, you can go to jail.
If, that is, the gun fell into the hands of the criminal because of your negligence. If they stole it by violence or by breaking in, you are not responsible. But, if you left it lying around not locked up when there were members of your household who could then access it, you are responsible.
Yes, I know that puts a chill in some of you, to think you could be held criminally liable for a shooting if someone were to simply see your gun lying on your nightstand, pick it up, and go shoot a neighbor. But, that is the point: you should feel scared that could happen.
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