Now, where were we? Oh, yes!

5) Except for individuals specifically licensed to carry (such as businessmen making large bank deposits), no loaded weapons would be allowed outside one's home. Use and possession of weapons would be restricted to home defense, firing ranges, or hunting grounds. Weapons in transport would be unloaded, locked in open position, and stored out of reach of the vehicle operator.

Many of these regs already exist, in some modified version, all over the US. It would not involve any draconian measures or implementation of severe laws. However, they would be applied uniformly throughout the country.

It is also clear that no regulation or law can deter a criminal determined to break it. But the institution of gun controls is not meant to make crime impossible, just more difficult to carry out, less likely to produce mass casualties, and easier to prosecute. The gun lobby is always ready with pathetic, infantile comments like "a murderer can use a knife as well as a gun". Maybe, but given a choice, I'll take my chances with the knife anytime, and I bet the gun apologist would too. You can't outrun a bullet. And a knife can only kill one kid at a time.