Commentary on Kyle Grier's Blog

In Kyle Grier's blog post he expresses several issues over gun control and several possible solutions. I agree with him that it is a very touchy subject, many people, especially hunters, find the 2nd amendment very important to their way of life. We cannot take away the right to bear arms when so many people use it for recreational activities that go back so far in history. On the other hand not all guns are used for recreational purposes, some people purchase guns for reasons such as protection or in some cases as weapons against victims. There is no way to distinguish between a person purchasing guns for recreation or to do harm to other people, but there needs to be a way to find out. In my last blog post I mentioned that licenses should be scanned when purchasing guns and ammunition just as they are when people purchase medicines. This would just record in a database the amount of guns and ammunition a person is purchasing, and if necessary would spark alarm to police monitoring that database to look into a person purchasing an unusual amount of weaponry. And they could check to make sure that they are using it in responsible safe ways.
The fact that guns are available for purchase online seems very unsafe. There is no way to track such purchases, some can be paid for in cash through sites such as Craigslist and eBay. I feel it should be illegal for weaponry to be sold online or there should be a way to at least log such purchases into a database like those that record medicine purchases. Weapon purchases are something that need to be monitored, especially if medicines are being monitored, why not guns?