Create a new "Right to Bear arms" Constitutional Amendment

Create a new "Right to Bear arms" Constitutional Amendment that would contain the following provisions:

• Registration of all firearms;

• Licensing of all gun owners, predicated on completion of a background check and a passing score in a reputable gun-safety course;

• Safe and secure storage and transport of all firearms;

• Criminal and civil penalties for owners whose guns have fallen negligently into the hands of violent felons, minors, the mentally ill;

• Ban on all assault weapons and high-capacity magazines;

• Ban on "armor-piercing" handgun bullets;

• The elimination of the gun-show loophole in the Brady bill.