I'm in all in favor of strict gun laws, but your arguments aren't entirely correct. That "side effect" is is not because of impulse buying and getting guns on

I'm in all in favor of strict gun laws, but your arguments aren't entirely correct. That "side effect" is is not because of impulse buying and getting guns on short notice. In fact, there's a mandatory waiting period in 1/5th of US states (10 days in California) specifically to prevent that situation, which seems like a _very_ good idea to me. It's about a) getting them without learning a large amount of material (not everyone memorizes things as easily as engineers), and b) without approval buy someone who might actually object. To get a gun in France, you need a hunting/sports license. The hunting license requires a 1-day theoretical and practical exam, as well as a medical exam that is specifically meant to verify if the physical and mental health is compatible with the stated purpose of the purchase. Whereas in the US, you need at most a trivial knowledge test (firearms safety certificate, with questions like in which direction to point the gun. possible answers: safest possible direction, up, down, north (!) [1]) to buy a firearm (hunter's safety education is only required to purchase a hunting license, not a gun). And regarding your third point, sure, but the solution to that is to provide a better, legal, safe and professionally supervised pathway. Anything else makes as much sense as writing a law that bans cancer. [1] https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/firearms/forms/hscsg.pdf https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/firearms/forms...