I'd like to try and see if there is possible agreement

[ProgressiveProfessor]

1. Most here would agree with your first two

third one would be more controversial because of what has happened in NOLA and California.

There also are some real practical issues and details that would have to be worked. Neither pols nor discussion groups are good at that, and with guns, the technical and the details matter. For example
- Do we really want to treat interfamily transfers (gifts, inheritance, loans...) the same as buying a new gun?
- The current background check system has inadequate throughput and is FFL specific. It needs to be opened up and improved.
- Federalizing the process should also be considered. It would end the patchwork of current laws. That would make it tighter in Wyoming and looser in California. Objections to that would come from all sides as well.

Criminals, domestic abusers, and the mentally ill are already banned, though it varies somewhat state to state. The real issue is reporting. I have not seen any real opposition to that other than costs.