MontyB
All-Blacks Supporter
Im not talking of permits as a way to limit gun ownership. The point is to make sure people who carry are people who wont make left-wing idiots to say "see, we told you so!".
You do realise you are discussing things with people who want guns available only to "good" people but fight the implementation of any checks that are used to determine who the "good" people are, it is a cyclic argument that does little more than frustrate.
The simplest option is the have people who want a gun go to the cop shop and get a permit to procure which is given by the arms officer once the mandatory checks are done ie. they haven't spent the last 20 years in a psychiatric ward or just been released from a 20 year prison hitch for shooting up the local school.
They then take said permit to the arms dealer of choice who checks the permit against the police issuing system and issues said weapon.