Gun owners: It's time for us to stand up against the Second Amendment death culture

As a resident of Florida, I have carried a concealed firearm almost everywhere for years, everywhere, except where it's specifically prohibited by law or by the policies of a specific business. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Responsible gun owners: Are you OK with child sacrifice? I don't actually believe most Republican voters accept that either, but the GOP apparatus does — not because party officials do not comprehend the gun-created, blood-splattered abattoirs in community after community, but because they need the votes of everyone who believes that any constitutionally reasonable laws to reduce gun-related deaths and injuries are a coordinated conspiracy between Democrats, RINOs, communists, socialists, globalists, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the Marxists. There are solutions It would take some time to realize the efficacy of these proposals, but I guarantee they will save lives, reduce injuries and restore some of the freedom from fears that a trip to the bank, the mall, a movie theater a supermarket, an outdoor festival or our workplaces and schools will be the last trip we ever take: A minimum age requirement of 21 to own any gun, long rifle and so on, with some reasonable exceptions, such as working in law enforcement, military service and inheritance exemptions ; A national firearm registry, to assist law enforcement in criminal investigations; Mandatory record-keeping and reporting to federal databases by all states; All firearms sales include background checks performed by federally-licensed dealers; Background checks on ammunition sales; Annual Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives background checks, conducted by dealers; Reclassification of any firearm that holds more than 10 rounds in a magazine; they will be subject to an excise tax at time of manufacture, with the funds collected from excise taxes used for gun violence studies and research and perhaps a federally-administered program of injury and liability insurance; Reduce magazine ammunition size on AR-15s and similar weapons from 30 rounds to 10 or fewer. Larger magazines should be regulated similar to the way fully automatic weapons are now, with buyers subject to lengthy, demanding background checks; Eliminate all "ghost gun" loopholes; Require mandatory permits for concealed carry in federal law; prohibit open carry.