Disarm the criminals first.

Of course those victims could have just explained the to the perp that what he was doing was against the strict gun laws in place. That would have solved everything.

high powered rifle with tons of rounds, just a handgun with a very limited number of rounds.

One out of four dead very much better than 26 out of 26 dead.

Cho did it with a common handgun- and he killed 32. The reason the death toll wasn't so much was because of where the shooting took place- in an apartment building. How many apartment buildings have 20 people in one room? not many.

So in essence, the reason it was so law was because there just wasn't as many people present.

effective at killing than an ordinary handgun?

Me either. So let's do it, since by your post, you have proven that you can't protect yourself better with a rifle - totally ineffective and not needed.

Now we're making some progress!

To disarm the criminals we'll need to greatly reduce the number of weapons in general circulation. Universal background checks (and keeping that info on file), national registration, national licensing, federal felony status & heavy fines for misplacing, mishandling or allowing minors or other non-licensed people access to your weapons.

In short, force "responsible gun owners" to be the responsible gun owners that they aren't now.

Yo want people to be responsible, don't you?

Lotta that stuff in Brighton Beach I understand.

Of course those victims could have just explained the to the perp that what he was doing was against the strict gun laws in place. That would have solved everything.

... we can't even do that. Here in Louisiana, judges just ruled that, because of the NRA-inspired, "Obama's Coming to Take Your Guns Away" state constitutional amendment further enshrining the RKBA, it's now unconstitutional to keep guns out of the hands of even violent offenders. As insane a state of affairs as that is, it's the predictable outcome of our misplaced worship of the alleged right to keep and bear arms.

http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/03/new_orleans_judge_rules_statut.html#incart_river_default

The law is very specific about violent felons NOT being allowed guns:
The judge ruled on the letter of the law and the law was fairly specific about what felons were NOT allowed to own a gun, from the link:

"It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence ... which is a felony or simple burglary, burglary of a pharmacy, burglary of an inhabited dwelling, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, felony illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentalities, manufacture or possession of a delayed action incendiary device, manufacture or possession of a bomb, or possession of a firearm while in the possession of or during the sale or distribution of a controlled dangerous substance, or any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law which is a felony, or any crime which is defined as a sex offense ..., or any crime defined as an attempt to commit one of the above-enumerated offenses under the laws of this state..."

Burglary of a UNINHABITED dwelling (Caps mine) is not listed, neither are other non-violent felonies.

Without agreeing with the law, the question is: For a non-violent felon who has completed his sentence and is in theory rehabilitated, what rights should he be required to forfeit after his release? Or asked a different way, what rights does a non-violent felon get back after he has completed serving his sentence?

... you might want to try reading it again. The statute that you quote prohibiting felony ownership of guns is the one that was just struck down by the judge as unconstitutional in entirety in light of the NRA's new amendment to the Louisiana state constitution.

Yet to see anyone on DU who believes in absolute zero control.

Lots of debate over which measures should be enacted but none who don't believe the fed has a role in regulating weapons.

It does not call for repeal of the 1968 gun control act and it only calls for modification of the 1934 gun control act.

I would advise you to slink back under your rock so as not to draw any more attention to yourself.

Doesn't matter - it's really just one more in a series of indications that you have nothing serious to offer the discussion.

LOL Don't have to be so "hard core"

One does hear the delicate flowers voice their willingness to embrace reasonable gun control, yet, no matter what gun control measure is being discussed, they invariably reject it as ineffective, violative of their rights, meaningless "feel good" legislation, etc. Apparently, receptiveness to reasonable gun control is mostly lip service, as they shoot down every suggestion and offer none of their own, other than, of course, for everyone to have more and deadlier guns.

The "solutions" they offer are no solutions at all.

Requiring all transfers of ownership to go thru licensed dealers.
Vigorous enforcement of existing laws was one of the 23 Executive orders.

Havn't heard complaints about those. As I recall Slackmaster, one of you delicate flowers I believe, has consistently for years advocated all firearms transfers be performed by licensed dealers. Along with the vigorous enforcement of Straw purchase laws covered in the EO's this past Jan.

And greatly do I respect slackmaster for his willingness to consider reasonable restrictions on gun transfers. Unhappily, slackmaster does not appear to be representative of the majority of the gun rights community.

A couple miles from me, there was a determined shooter with a semi-automatic firing away through glass windows and doors to the inside of a Chinese food take-out (and doing so from outside on the pavement), and it's all on surveillance video. The NY Daily News had the video embedded in their story (vs the local report site here that pointed to a youtube of it).

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/video-philly-gunman-traps-men-chinese-food-store-article-1.1295917?localLinksEnabled=false

Fortunately no one died but a couple of those targeted were shot and/or injured. Only reason why he fled was because he ran out of bullets in his clip. If he could re-load another clip, it seems obvious he would have and kept at it.

Sadly this is happening daily across all U.S. cities.

There are all sorts of things that could wipe out civilization; nuclear war, massive climate change...but violence on a personal level isn't going to cause our extinction.

Don't bet on it!

If I win, great! And if I lose , there's no one around to collect.

Frankly, I don't see a down side...

enjoyed an evening walk with the kids. Now we look both ways before going to the car. It's worse than anything I could have imagined. Five killed by gunshots, six wounded , in one square block over the last five years. This is NOT the inner city.It's these crazed kids with guns, they all carry them . I can spot them, but I can't ask a cop to frisk them without "cause". It's a combo deal, take the guns, I agree, but give the police at least the power to frisk known felons, juvenile or not. Joining a gang needs to be a felony , if you know they kill, then you should be prosecuted as a willing accessory to their crimes. These people who live with a back forty, shooting targets and deer have a different perspective, they are ignorant of the real world being lived each day in or near a big city.

any home of a known felon could be searched without warrant.

associating with known gang members is an automatic felony

assets of the family of known gang members allowed to be seized

Banning of any speech that promotes gang membership or speaks of gang membership in a positive light

Moving to a "guilty till proven innocent" system

The question is- how far are we willing to go?

handled exactly in the way other terrorists groups are handled, after all that is what they are.

and for sure don't ever answer the door without your own self defense firearm in the other hand.

safety first...victim later.

And if you have a gun in your home, you're more likely to be killed with that gun by a member of your family than anyone else with any other weapon.

Fearful attitudes like yours, based on counter-factual arguments & extremist RW talking points are the cause of the on-going gun massacre in America.

Safety first? The first step in being safe is to NOT get a gun, and if you have one GET RID OF IT.

Victim later? If you have a gun it's too late - you're already a victim. You've succumbed to unreasoned fear & RW lies.

We don't need the standard extremist RW NRA lies posted here.

as usual, you accuse people you disagree with you of promoting "extremist RW NRA lies".

Is that all you have? Unable to discuss things? Pathetic

What is it with you anti-gun people always equating intimacy and sex with firearms. That just plain weird. Maybe you weren't hugged enough as a child.