To restore the rights of the people to firearms and enshrine the 2nd amendment as one without limits for the law abiding citizen. While I believe no permit/license should be necessary, that’s not the world we live in and it is critical to identify those who are not eligible for firearms ownership either because they are not citizens or they have been stripped of the right by a court temporarily or permanently.
The purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to ensure the people were as equally armed as the military so they could defend themselves from a corrupt and tyrannical government. This is still the case. No limits to weapons purchases should be applied to the law abiding citizen.
Much as the ATF offers FFL’s for business use, they should be forced to offer the same for civilian use.
The license should consist of the following:
- Application & verification of who is applying. Background checks.
- In the application, there should be endorsements to choose from to determine what class of license is being sought.
- The endorsements should be: National Carry License (NCL) Allows for open & concealed carry nationwide. Machine Gun License, Allows for the purchase, ownership, and use of any type of machine gun of any caliber. This endorsement should require a safety class to address issues related to machinegun use, safety, jams/failures, etc. Explosives License: Allows the purchase of any explosive from hand grenades, to rocket launchers, and so on. Requires a safety class and a proper and secure storage area for such munitions.
Should someone pass all reasonable and legal requirements and checks and obtain all three endorsements, they shall be able to purchase, own, and carry (restrictions apply consistent with US history and tradition ie: you can’t open carry a belt fed machine gun. Open carry must not result in the incitement of fear in a reasonable person.) any weapon they so desire. Machine guns, full operational tanks, fighter jets with armaments, and so on. The only limit to what a law abiding US citizen should be able to own is how much money they have.
There should be a further business requirement that mandates any FFL dealer to have a secure area for machine guns and destructive devices. Secure as in meaning it is completely inaccessible when locked up and not easily stolen. Locking a store is not sufficient and measures must be taken to prevent vehicles from driving through walls/doors or being able to pull a safe/container from the property.
The cost for the application should be reasonable and the funds used to pay for the processing and training courses.
Once the license is granted, it is indefinite with no expiration or renewal. It may only be revoked by a court due to criminal conviction.
Thanks to the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. The Supreme Court has said the any gun laws must be consistent with those that existed at the time of the 2nd Amendment. Through the study of history and law in the US at that time, there were 0 laws (excluding racist ones which are no longer valid) restricting the types of weapons someone may own. Cannons, mortars, grenades, warships, pistols, rifles, muskets, swords, armor, and so on were all legal. Cost was the main factor in if they were common or not. This ruling also partially undoes the Heller ruling as the Supreme Court erroneously interpreted historic law as a possession issue, when it was in fact a carry issue. The only firearms laws that are valid are the restriction of carrying arms in public that would incite fear in a reasonable person.
Further it must be shows that weapons in common use is not a valid argument as nothing is common or in use when it is first created. It needs time to grow and become accepted. This argument must be invalidated. Dangerous and Unusual is another metric that should be made invalid as with common use, everything is unusual until it becomes common.