I don’t agree 100% with the premise, but pragmatically, the best thing we can do is limit magazine size.
I think equally doable are rules on purchasing ammunition similar to what go into effect next year in California (the Vegas shooter tried to buy tracer ammo, which is totally unnecessary for civilian use). State gun registration should also be required, with a visual inspection of the firearm and serial number, with strict penalties for people caught with a gun but without their license. Those are achievable in many states with ballot initiatives, and stricter federal regulations can come later.
Of course, that’s not going to help the residents of Chicago, who are suffering from an influx of mostly Indiana firearms and need federal regulation, but it would cut back at least SOME of the mass murders there and everywhere else. A national registration could probably eliminate 80% of straw buyers overnight. “I see you’ve bought 800 firearms from 75 stores in the last six months. Would you care to show them to us? Oh? You don’t know where they are? And you sold the other 600 guns without a license?”
Unlike many, I don’t think requiring insurance is super important. I’m not even 100% sure how it would work. If an accident, homeowners or mediacal insurance should pay out, and if it’s the result of a criminal act the nsurance won’t pay out anyway. Maybe there’s a way to rectify personal negligence insurance, firearms, and current law to make it more effective, but I don’t see how.
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