adjl posted...
* Regular background checks, mental health screening, and safety training to maintain a firearms license
* No firearms sales without a valid license (license system should incorporate a digital/app component to facilitate this for private sales)
* Mandatory 2-week waiting period on all gun purchases
* A proper registry of all guns sold with more consistent rules for serial numbering (not the microfilm nonsense they've got now because of the NRA's insistence on hobbling registration efforts)
* At all times, every gun registered to a given owner must be secured in a manner that only the owner (not the owner's spouse, friends, kids, or anyone else) can access, except one that is kept on the owner's person at all times in accordance with local carry laws
* If anyone else uses an owner's gun, they must be supervised by the owner in doing so and the owner will be automatically considered partially responsible for any crimes committed using that gun (similar to how car insurance works when letting somebody borrow your car)
* If an owner loses control of their gun for any reason (e.g. theft), this must be reported to police within 24 hours to avoid liability
Possibly a few other ideas and tweaks to the nuance of everything (like specific numbers), but that's the gist of it. You'll notice that most/all of those already line up with what responsible gun owners do, which avoids the dreaded "punishing responsible gun owners" issue and instead forces everyone to be a responsible gun owner. It's not perfect, but waiting periods and greater accountability for keeping guns secured will go a long way to keeping guns out of the hands of people in crisis (especially kids that can't buy their own guns in any circumstances), which in turn can be expected to prevent suicides and mass shootings.
I can agree with a lot of what you listed and a lot of that is already done as well. Mental health is something that really needs to be addressed. That's the main thing, imo.