Just looking for input.

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553. I sense there maybe a bit of improper foundation...

...for this solution. With the stated problem being: "Handguns kill kids every year in American cities." one would think that this problem would be rather universal. It's not. According to the CDC's database for the most recent year available (2015) Illinois did have 20 firearm homicides with victims ages 0-14 and California had 22. However, the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and even DC had 0. That's ZERO, none at all. These are states with non-trivial populations which include cities where violence, guns, drugs and gangs are not small problems.

New Jersey had 31 firearm homicides for ages 0-14 between 2009 and 2015. Of the around 9,000,000 residents, less than 500 have permits to carry. In Pennsylvania (a "shall issue" state) a permit to carry concealed requires an NICS check, an application, a $19 check and a pulse. In PA, persons 18 and over who are legally allowed to own a gun may open carry except in Philly and where specifically prohibited by law without a permit, investigation or justification.

In DC in the year before the Heller decision (2007) there were 3 firearm homicides in the 0-14 age group. For all the years on record after the Heller decision (2009-2015) there are no firearm homicides for that age group. Year prior to Heller: 3; all 7 years after: 0.

What is it that DC and these states are doing right that Illinois and California aren't? It isn't gun restriction.

Are you sure your "want" isn't a solution in search of a problem?