The push for federal gun reform is foundering.
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While Congress and the courts argue, lives can be saved.
Citizens should be able to petition for confiscation from unlawful possessors.
Individuals can renounce gun-ownership rights, which prevents suicide.
Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars look instead to libertarian ideas that can survive judicial review.
The push for federal gun reform is foundering