I regard that entire above paragraph as absolute irrational delusion on your part, bordering on insane. And that's not passionate hyperbole, I literally had to reread it several times thinking I'd misread what you said. You have literally just said that cops do not benefit from having guns even when their opposition has them.

No, never, voluntary training made readily available and actively encouraged, yes, mandatory to buy a gun, never.

And of course it isn't necessary, the left's zealous need to win makes them ignore alternatives... offer safety training courses that give the basic for free, give people a photo ID 'passed' certificate, and tell gun shops that if they choose to do so they may receive a $10,000 tax credit for selling only to people who have those cards but are subject to a major fine or jail time if they are caught selling to those without cards if they've taken the tax credit, let the card act as a discount card on gun/ammo purchases good for half the normal sales tax. All voluntary, equally effective, probably more so.

As mentioned, that is one where I need to see the specifics, the specific language of the proposed law.

I've expressed my concerns on the matter.

A 'violent offender' can rapidly turn into someone who punched someone else in a bar.

A waiting period of exactly the length of time necessary to check if X is banned form owning a gun. This should take all of 10 seconds if the government simply kept a list of who was explicitly not allowed to own a gun. Your one month suggestion is beyond unacceptable, that is clearly meant to discourage legal gun purchases. Once again demonstrating you don't approve of legal gun purchases, for all that you claim to. I do not acknowledge 'a cooling off period' for a legal purchaser as even vaguely acceptable, except by the seller, who like any other item should have the right to decline a sale to anyone they don't feel comfortable selling to.

You want me to agree to denounce people I approve of? You really are delusional on this subject. Tell you what, I'll accuse the NRA of letting their passionate make them prone to rudeness and hyperbole if you'll denounce the democrats habit of claiming to be the party of science while turning environmentalism into a religion and sheltering anti-science sorts opposed to vaccines, GMO, etc.

You have not clarified it well at all, my current impression is you're reluctant to speak in an anti-gun fashion and also are on the fence about it in your own head, slightly pro-gun and wanting them got ridden of simultaneously.