My ideas on gun ownership in the US

Prospective changes

• Waiting period for all gun sales
• Felons, people convicted of violent crime, people with registered mental illness prohibited from gun ownership

• National database of mental health patients not allowed to own guns
• Prohibitions can be reevaluated in 5 years
• Only mental health physicians can place/remove people from list
• Must  re-pass safety test on prior to licensing, or show certificate from approved safety class

• Background checks for 100% of gun sales
• Gun shops run checks for personal sales for a fee, and change ownership
• No gun show loophole

• Must  pass safety test on prior to licensing, or show certificate from approved safety class
• 100% gun sales with approved trigger locks
• Ammunition sales only to licensed gun owners
• Ammo sales of > 1000 rounds illegal
• Online ammo sales illegal
• No sales of ammunition designed for military or police use

• No sales of clips > 5 rounds - immediate ban
• Re-license all gun owners every 5 years
• Existing owners must  pass safety test on relicensing, or show certificate from approved safety class (1 time only as long as license has never been revoked)

• Cross-border gun and ammo sale prohibited
• Large clip sales prohibited also

Retroactive changes

• All clips > 5 rounds illegal
• Consumer clip buy back program
• Gun ranges / clubs must eject any customers using illegal clips or ammo

• Gun shop / manufacturer tax write-off for illegal clips and ammo in inventory
• Licenses and permits may be revoked immediately
• Convicted of felony or violent crime
• Listed by mental health physician in no-own database
• Unlicensed owners must sell or transfer ownership of all guns and ammo to a gun shop or another licensed owner (assisted by gun shop to transfer ownership)

• Gun shop, club, and range required to check licenses with every purchase
• Similar to credit card authorization, reason for denial not provided to retailer

Funding

• Tax on all gun and ammunition sales
• Given to states to fund school security
• Guards or physical barriers at state discretion

• Tax on gun and ammo manufacturers
• Fund gun training and safety programs, executed by states
• May be run in high schools at state discretion

• National lottery
• Fund state run gun and clip buy back program
• Portion of funding must go to local policing and social services

• NRA forms training arm and given tax exempt status
• Donations help fund state sponsored training and education programs

• Checkbox on tax returns to fund state sponsored gun training and education programs (similar to presidential election funding)

Future

• In 10 years, all guns sold must be smart guns
• Can only be fired by registered owner and can only fire smart ammo
• DARPA projects contributed to gun industry

• In 15 years, all existing guns must be retrofit to smart-gun status, or be classified as non-firing collectables
• In  15 years, all sales of non-smart ammo ceases

• Change ACA to strengthen mental health coverage requirements - implementation in 5 years