Waiting periods. 7 days so as to coincide with consistent days off / work schedule / weekend, only apply to your first gun (the aforementioned NICS flag is easy to make where it simply is a Boolean true/false for “already a gun owner” status), and exemptions for urgency such as a restraining order / stalker, immediate threats, etc. It makes no sense that under current versions of so-called “cooling off” waiting periods I can literally walk into a gun store with a gun on my hip and still have to wait another 10 days for the next gun.

Quit the shenanigans with treating gun ranges the same way Texas/red states do abortion clinics. I’d rather have people who can aim and hit their target over people who spray and hit bystanders. Most homicides are targeted beef. Let it end with that and not catch 6 other people 100 yards away down the block if someone is pissed off enough to abuse it. I’m not saying gun ranges should be as plentiful as Starbucks, but from a safe use perspective, you shouldn’t have to drive 2 hours away to get some practice in, either. Not everyone has that option. No random requirements that seem reasonable but magically preclude a gun range from operating.

Mandatory sunset clauses. If new gun control laws cannot be proven to have had the measurable impact on gun safety they were purported to in order to pass, they get rolled back. Quit piling on when you know it’s not going to do anything.

Ease up on the plea bargains. Gun charges for people who have actually used them to commit crimes from murder to robbery are often the first thing dropped in sentencing. Fuck that. If you’re going to pound the gun control drum for assault weapons and everything, don’t then turn around and pardon [https://www.turnto23.com/news/crime/bakersfield-family-asks-for-justice-after-gov-newsom-pardons-killer](grant clemency to someone who straight up executed a store clerk with a shotgun blast to the back of the head) while he was already on the ground wounded from the first shot to his back. They shouldn’t be bargaining chips. And I’m not talking about “oh he got a DUI and happened to have a gun in the car”, by all means negotiate on dumb stuff like that where nobody was hurt. But if someone literally killed another person with a gun during a robbery or something…no plea bargain. None. Maaaaaaaybe if they’re giving up a bigger fish, but that’s it. In a similar vein - lying on a background check form 4473 is currently punishable by up to 10 years in jail and a $250,000 fine. Out of hundreds of thousands who have failed their background check, fewer than a couple dozen have actually been charged for it. That’s some really, really low hanging fruit not being enforced. So the fact that we have people clamoring for more laws while ignoring criminals handing themselves to law enforcement on a silver platter just doesn’t make sense to me.

Capping this list at 10 for now it’s long enough as it is. I’ve probably managed to upset both some pro-gun people and anti-gun people with this list. That’s fine. That’s how you know it’s actually a compromise. So to finish the list: taxes. Gun control has become (well, maybe always was) a class warfare issue. If you’re wealthy enough, no matter what state you live in, you can get any type of firearm you want. Yes, even in California. And yes, even tanks! Gun control advocates have proposed severely increased taxes and fees on guns, ammunition, and gun parts, ignoring that they’ve already been sharply increased several times in the past. If you think $20 is too much for a voter ID, and impedes the right to vote, then you should also be upset at things like a $200 tax stamp to get a suppressor for a firearm - it’s not even the actual firearm, just a part! When the NFA was passed, if adjusted for inflation it would be like being asked to pay $3500 for a gun part. That puts it squarely out of reach of most lower and even middle class people. Guns are an extension of the right to self defense and bodily autonomy, among other things. Guns are not solely for the wealthy, or for Hollywood. As long as they are manufactured to a certain minimum safety standard, ie don’t go off randomly when dropped or something.