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How do you all feel about raising the mandatory sentences for crimes where a gun is involved (robbery, assault, and worse)?

Most jurisdictions already have stiff penalties for using guns in crimes, not all but most.

And in a similar vein, what about as gun owner who has their weapon used in a crime they didn’t commit (a kid takes a parent’s weapon from a secure locale and does harm)?

Kids are, as minors not responsible for their actions, most of the time - the parents in most states are. I know that in the states I've lived in (several) that each of those states have laws that cover damages when a child commits a crime. However, that doesn't make the parents 'responsible for the actions' of their kids. A child is someone who is under 18 years of age, however, anti-gun people would have you believe that "children" is anyone up to the age of 23 or 24, and even sometimes 25 (look at "crime statistics" generated by anti-gun people.

As a law-abiding gun owner, who has raised 5 children, and has 11 grandchildren, I can tell you that the most important aspect of ALL of this is teaching children GUN SAFETY at a very young age. As soon as they are reasonably able to understand and comprehend. In some cases, as young as 2 years old, it's a good idea to start teaching gun safety (that doesn't mean handing guns to children, it means teaching them what a gun is and what it can do even if it is 'this can hurt you, don't touch this without mommy or daddy being with you and letting you' type of stuff).

There are already a LOT of gun laws on the books, where using one in a crime gives you a stiffer penalty. It's not about making laws tougher at all. It's about simply enforcing CRIMINAL LAW first and foremost. If you murder someone you should be in jail for as long as possible. If you do it deliberately and you're not in a situation defending your own life, then sorry, it ought to be execution.

But, look around you at the idiocy of the laws. The same people that want to BAN GUNS are the same idiots that think abortion is OK, but executing a criminal is BAD.

We don't need more laws. We need to get rid of a few.