The plan outlined by Mr. Bryan Bates of Flagstaff in his letter to the editor ("A base management plan for guns," March 16) is the most reasonable and comprehensive proposal for changing the gun laws in this country that I have ever seen. It condones and supports the Second Amendment while attempting to address the issues today that have made schools, shopping malls, movie theaters and concert venues less safe.
Mr. Bates proposes that the NRA take an active role in managing shooting ranges with the ATF while allowing citizens to still own automatic weapons. He also outlines a detailed plan that increases the age to own a gun to 21 years old, mandates passing a universal background check with a three-day waiting period before a weapon can be obtained and makes taking a NRA gun safety course a requirement to own guns. I encourage readers to review his entire letter to sort out the details as his proposal is very comprehensive. It is thoughtful and unique in its ideas.
Now is the time to discuss and debate real change in our country concerning gun related deaths. Let’s follow Bryan’s lead and contact our elected officials to do what is
GREGORY JARRIN, MD
Winslow
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It is good to see gun control dialogue that doesn't involve banning guns. I agree that the letter writers proposals are reasonable and make sense. On an aside, Doctor, you do know the difference between automatic and semi automatic? I can't recall a mass shooting in this country that featured an automatic weapon. Labeling a weapon as automatic is a misnomer that will always start the dialogue off on the wrong foot.
Don't be fooled by what "universal background checks " mean. If passed , a husband could not give his wife a gun, a father could not give his adult son a gun, or a grandfather's antique gun could not be willed to another family member without a background check.
Do you slam your head into a wall every time your nose itches? Bryan's letter was a point for discussion, one that will be had. Lower your barrel long enough to listen, please.
Don't be fooled. The end game for LIBs is gun confiscation. Just remember that in any conversation you have with them.
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