How can we regulate guns ... ?

On top of that, if restrictions still allow for the purchase of handguns, rifles, and shotguns then the restrictions do not put unwarranted burden on the 2nd Amendment. This is what the lower courts ruled in 2011 in response to an assault weapon and high capacity magazine ban in DC:

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As we did in evaluating the constitutionality of certain of the registration requirements, we determine the appropriate standard of review by assessing how severely the prohibitions burden the Second Amendment right. Unlike the law held unconstitutional in Heller, the laws at issue here do not prohibit the possession of the quintessential self-defense weapon, to wit, the handgun. 554 U.S. at 629. Nor does the ban on certain semi-automatic rifles prevent a person from keeping a suitable and commonly used weapon for protection in the home or for hunting, whether a handgun or a non-automatic long gun.
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/...F9/$file/10-7036-1333156.pdf

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This was a ruling made by the US Court of Appeals in DC. It is still possible that the SCOTUS could rule just the opposite, but most insiders think that SCOTUS would rule just the same. Also, this decision was based on the SCOTUS case DC v. Heller (2008) where SCOTUS did rule that longstanding regulations were constitutional.

In DC v. Heller (2010) the ruled against regulations that required people to store their weapons in a disassembled state and bound by a trigger lock. I think they would also rule against requiring guns to be stored in a locked cabinet. You can not have laws that limit the effectiveness of weapons as part of self defense.There has to be some form of culpability where someone is found to be negligent. Simply having their weapon stolen should not be grounds for jail time, nor should they be sent away for lawfully selling their gun under the correct regulations.We can use cars as an analogy. If a car dealer sells a car without knowing that it will be used in a crime then they are not held liable. If someone has their car stolen they are not held liable for the crimes that the thieves commit while using that car. However, if you supply a car knowing that it will be used in a crime, or illegally sell a car to people you know are criminals, then you are in deep trouble. The same should apply to guns. We should be able to trace guns from birth to grave for this very purpose.Edited by Taq, : No reason given.

I was under the impression that this would be aiding and abetting, but I could be wrong.