Man arrested for 2x4 labeled "High Powered Rifle"
I think we can take some pretty common sense measures here that won't hurt anyone.
Say we......go back to a 1994-style ban on magazines bigger than 10 rounds that grandfathers in weapons that have already been made and sold....allow for tracking of gun and ammunition sales....make it illegal for guns to be kept in the same house as anyone who cannot legally buy or own guns for reasons other than age (mental illness, criminal record, etc.)....require tests and renewable licenses for guns, like we already do with cars.
Because, as I noted earlier in this thread, massacres like the one in Connecticut are almost always committed with legally purchased weapons, laws like this really could help curtail them. People like the Virginia Tech shooter who buy guns for the purpose of going on a rampage would be affected immediately, and kids who go on rampages with the guns of family members would be affected in due time, as old guns are replaced with new ones. People stockpiling weapons and ammunition might be caught before they did anything crazy.
And virtually no harm would be done to the responsible gun owner. Rifles and shotguns for hunting would go on being legal, as would a wide array of handguns for self-defense and sport shooting. No one who legally owns a gun already would have it taken from them. It's good for just about everyone.
The only people who could conceivably have a problem with laws like this are those who (a) oppose every increase in bureaucracy on general principles, (b) think high-capacity guns are fun toys, (c) are afraid they might need to take up arms against the government, or (d) are afraid that any gun law is just a step toward outlawing all guns. And I don't much care about appeasing these kinds of people, frankly.