How hard are some minimum firearm rules

For example:

Have red flag laws
Raise gun and ammo age for purchase to 21
Limit clip sizes
Have some type of qualification in place in order to buy semi auto weapons
Restrict types of ammo. What is being used is more lethal than legitimately needed for sport and even home protection

These seem like no brainers that infringe on a minimum scale

It’s not like every American can get cleared by qualified therapist whatever that is to be a safe gun owner. Can’t make people go. Quality of therapists vary wildly and they have biases. Who pays them? How much? Even if cleared today the person could be a good faker like the polygraph passing liars or have an overnight or later change and become a nut

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dakotaviper · 56-60, M

I don't like red flag laws too much. They can be used unjustly.
Here a case in point for you to consider:
You and your next-door neighbor get into an argument about his frequency of mowing his lawn. Your neighbor says once every 12 days is enough, but you say it must be every 4 days and if he doesn't start doing it, you'll report him to the HMO or City. This upsets your neighbor. He then starts thinking about how he can get 'even' with you and realizes that from conversations that the two of you have had, that you are a hunter. That's the ticket he needs to fix you. He makes an anonymous call to the authorities stating that he feels threatened by you since you're a gun owner. The authorities raid your home, seize your guns, and after they do this, you are then served a notice that you are permanently banned from ever owning another gun. And this is how it happens. You've lost your US Constitutional Rights because you upset someone. See how easy that is.
You may think that once you're proven innocent of anything, you'll get your Rights back.
Please Re-think that.
Because Kyle Rittenhouse was proven Innocent and yet he hasn't got his Gun Rights Back.

BizSuitStacy · M

@dakotaviper Exactly. Your property is confiscated and your rights are denied without due process. Guilty until proven innocent. Extremely unconstitutional. Then you have to go to court to fight to get your property returned and your rights restored. Good luck. If you're successful...and that's a big if...it will take months and be very expensive.

jackjjackson · 61-69, M

The type of red flag law I have in mind has due process protections and a lot of hoops for them to run through before opening a case. Your scenarios would not occur. @dakotaviper

dakotaviper · 56-60, M

@jackjjackson but your due process protections only work if the Gun Grabbers follow them. After they take them, doesn't mean that you'll get anything back.

Philth · 46-50, M

@dakotaviper so, in a slightly different version of this story, what about the rights of the guy who got fatally shot because the neighbour in the lawn argument saw red and took things too far?