成人X站

If you are a commercial pilot or general contractor likely you understand the value of licensing; So why not license gun owners?

Tell me I鈥檓 wrong.

Yesterday, New Jersey Sen. dropped out of the race for U.S. President. The Democrat simply wasn鈥檛 getting any traction in the polls. And this is too bad. He was the only candidate pushing hard on a plausible facet of gun legislation: Gun owner .

Before you start getting overly reactive or tune into another station or podcast or story, hear me out. Booker鈥檚 idea about gun licensing is pretty straightforward and you鈥檒l be surprised who supports it.

First, the plan.

Under Booker鈥檚 plan, anyone who wants to buy a gun must apply for a license in much the same way a person applies for a passport. The application would involve submitting fingerprints, sitting down for an interview, a state and federal background check and completion of a certified gun safety course.

The presumption would be that people would be issued a gun five-year license unless red flags came up. The presumption also would be that barring any problems, that license could be re-issued indefinitely.

Daniel Webster, the director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research, said a 2018 national poll of gun owners . The support is, obviously, even higher among non-gun owners.

Other parts of Booker鈥檚 proposal were non-starters, such as an , limits on ammunition purchases, and the like. But those items are easy trade bait to get the central idea into legislation. And polling for those ideas are as polarized as you might guess.

But licensing stood out for its popularity.

Gun rights people — same as gun control supporters — talk a good game about background checks, mental health, warning signs, red flags. But existing laws and prevent effective, universal screening.

And before we argue that the Second Amendment means that no restriction should be put on gun ownership, we already place limit on every constitutional amendment, . 聽And the argument that it would not affect criminals is true for every new criminal law 鈥� until someone gets arrest for violating it.

In fact, I like licensing so much I鈥檇 be willing to toss out any bans on so-called assault weapons or ammunition restrictions. Heck, I鈥檇 be fine with no purchase restrictions on any firearms sold today in this country in exchange for licensing.

If the real problem is, as I am often told, 鈥�,鈥� then let鈥檚 put our money where our thoughts and prayers are and license the person. Everybody wants to lionize ; I simply want to license him 鈥� or her 鈥� as well.

Tell me I鈥檓 wrong.

And by the way, those of you who have tweeted at me during the presidential campaign that I look and sound like a white Corey Booker, I鈥檇 simply like to say two things: One, I am flattered and two, I鈥檓 three years older. So maybe Corey looks like a black Mike Lewis.

Listen to the Candy, Mike and Todd Show weekday afternoons from 3-7 p.m. on 成人X站 Radio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.