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Criminal background checks on all gun sales
I also support this.


Ban sales of semi-automatic weapons except to individuals
Strike "except", I understand. What I am not sure of is whether you mean assault rifles or all semi-automatic weapons. If you could clarify that bicker it would be easier to make sure we are talking about the same thing.


Ban sales of high-capacity magazine clips
Alan said that it only takes a few seconds to switch out magazines if someone is untrained and obviously less if they have practiced. I have 100% confidence in his training and experience, but still wanted to see for myself. I do not have any high capacity magazines, but did go through the motions of changing out standard capacity examples to satisfy my own curiosity. If I simply let the empty magazine fall to the floor, which is what I would assume anyone in a combative situation would do, it quite literally took me one second to expel the empty and snap in what would be a full, new magazine (it was empty when I tried this) and less time than that to work a new round into the chamber. Keep in mind that while I am proficient in the use of this firearm speed reloading is not something I had ever practiced before.

If I apply that experience to what was going on in the most horrific situations (Newtown, Aurora, Blacksburg, etc.) the time it took me to reload would not give even the most highly trained, battle hardened people we have time to rush me before I could start shooting again. It MIGHT give someone who had intense training AND a suitable weapon on hand time to shoot me, but what are the chances of that person being in my very immediate area? Innocent bystanders who were terrorized by what was going on would likely never know I temporarily ran out of ammunition. It would be nothing more than a pause between shots. My experiment led me to the conclusion that, had I been a shooter, there would be no difference in the outcome of my actions based on the capacity of my magazine(s). With that in mind I am guessing these magazines are being offered as a political sacrificial lamb. If we get rid of them it would help make those opposed to them feel better even if in reality it did nothing to help solve the problem. It would not be the first time politicians took that road.


Expand laws prohibiting carrying concealed weapons
"Expand laws" is too vague to be able to comment one way or the other because it could mean almost anything. Are you willing to provide a little more detail regarding what you have in mind to facilitate discussion?


(Better) regulate sales of bullets (such as Assembly Bill 48 in California
I'm not in CA so don't know what the proposals out there are. When I googled this one it came up as the "Fair, Accurate, Inclusive, and Respectful Education Act". I'm guessing that's not the one.