I agree with John in that in the situation before us, chances are that a finger printing would probably not stop this murderer. And sure, it is a shame to use these deaths for political gain. But this is the system. Left to their own devices, Congress would not do anything to plug the holes or dare to throw and stumbling blocks at the feet of the crooks. It seems that it does take some senseless *irresponsible gun ownership* to bring about the changes that do make folks overall safer. Yeah, I would like to see trigger locks. Makes sense to sell them with the gun. And it would be nice if folks would use 'em after they got the gun home rather than throw 'em in the trash. That alone would save a lot of kid's lives.
And I'm not too sure the grease trick would work on changing the ballistic characteristics. And firing pins. Hmmmmm? Guess one could file on 'em and I would think that they could be redesigned in the sahpe of a star (or something) htat would make them tamper resistent and folks found with tampered pins could face some extra penalties.
If there is a will, then there is a way. Right now, those who profit fromthe sale of guns are running the show and lots of folks are getting killed. I think the time is right to bring a little reason and logic to the isssue.