Questions the left won't discuss about gun control, but should - and soon.

[branford]

95. You recognize some of the obvious politics,

but clearly don't understand the meaning of compromise and negotiation.

Our current status quo includes numerous firearm restrictions in the country, on the federal, state, and local levels, including legislation like the NFA, background checks with prohibitions on felons and the dangerous mentally ill, training and registration requirements, permits and licensing, and even assault weapon bans, magazine limits, waiting periods, and other feel good measures in many states that, according to the NIJ, are effectively useless. Whether you believe these law are insufficient is immaterial to fact that these numerous restrictions do indeed exist.

Given current polling and electoral and judicial realities, there will be no more gun control in Congress or most of the states (and in many jurisdictions, there's actual firearm liberalization) unless and until gun control proponents are willing to offer something more to gun rights advocates in order to improve firearm safety.

You admittedly want draconian gun control, but know it's currently an impossibility. Willingness to accept slightly less gun control, without offering anything to your opponents, is not compromise, it's a demand for surrender. You can proclaim how your policies are purportedly an improvement, gun control laws are already too weak, and you only want to save the children, and therefore your opponents should capitulate, but you've still demonstrated no real willingness to actually compromise, i.e., give up something you already have in return for something that might be better.

For instance, many gun rights advocates want national concealed carry reciprocity that would preempt state laws, similar to a driver's licenses. It's quite possible that gun rights proponents would trade universal background checks, national standardized training requirements, improvements in the NICS system, and other matters for this reciprocity.

Are you willing to deal? If not, or if your only idea of "compromise" is some control control now, and just more later, then expect to receive nothing when you offer nothing.