Why the "compromise" falls on deaf ears.

[The Magistrate]

2. I Agree Compromise Does Not Seem Possible, Sir

I expect the best possible route is strengthening of existing laws and their enforcement. Revocation of dealer's licenses, actual arrest of people who attempt purchase and fail a background check, that sort of thing. Sellers ought to be held responsible if a gun is used in a crime, unless there is an actual report of theft which is founded in fact, not just a dodge, a sort of 'dram shop' law. Registering possession and tracking sales does not infringe in the slightest on the right to own a weapon, merely makes its possession public knowledge.