Originally Posted by
LTC8K6
I should also point out that in many places you can rent a gun and shoot it at the range.
There's little to stop a maniac from renting a gun and then going on a murder spree...
Well, except for the others at the range...but he could theoretically just leave with the gun...
Any range I've been to requires you to have a friend present if you want to rent - I think to dissuade suicides, not thefts. Your point stands, of course, but there is a slight impediment here.