Kyle, thank you for your comment and especially the constructive tone. We already have a federal reporting requirement for licensed gun dealers as well as a tracing system so it doesn't seem like a stretch to extend coverage more broadly. Many states have reporting requirements and NJ has civil liability for some owners and weapon types if an unreported stolen gun is used for a crime. And such liability (for original owners) doesn't increase incentives to scratch off serial numbers for those in possession of the stolen guns. Smart guns are rare in part because there is no incentive to pay the extra cost, but they would be cheaper to insure, and perhaps easier to access quickly than a gun in a safe. I don't know about the magnets but it doesn't seem like making the guns secure would be technologically insurmountable.
My goal has been to offer policy solutions that don't try to target ownership, given both 2A constraints and the low correlation between ownership and homicide at the state level. Discussed this issue at length with Bari Weiss and David French on her podcast recently. Anyway, just my two cents. Thanks again for the comment, much nicer that some I'm getting on YouTube (telling me to go back to selling slurpees at a 7-11 or learning how to speak English).
Kyle, thank you for your comment and especially the constructive tone. We already have a federal reporting requirement for licensed gun dealers as well as a tracing system so it doesn't seem like a stretch to extend coverage more broadly. Many states have reporting requirements and NJ has civil liability for some owners and weapon types if an unreported stolen gun is used for a crime. And such liability (for original owners) doesn't increase incentives to scratch off serial numbers for those in possession of the stolen guns. Smart guns are rare in part because there is no incentive to pay the extra cost, but they would be cheaper to insure, and perhaps easier to access quickly than a gun in a safe. I don't know about the magnets but it doesn't seem like making the guns secure would be technologically insurmountable.
My goal has been to offer policy solutions that don't try to target ownership, given both 2A constraints and the low correlation between ownership and homicide at the state level. Discussed this issue at length with Bari Weiss and David French on her podcast recently. Anyway, just my two cents. Thanks again for the comment, much nicer that some I'm getting on YouTube (telling me to go back to selling slurpees at a 7-11 or learning how to speak English).