No it isn't!! The goal is to take away guns. If they gave a shit about deaths there are other things they could do that would save many times more lives than gun control. How many people die each year from taking PRESCRIPTION medications? 20,000? 30,000? 40,000 a year?The whole idea of gun control is to limit the number of deaths.
How many people are murdered each year by gun? ( Not including suicide or righteous defensive killing) 9000 or so?
Argue the numbers all you want. Gun control, is about disarming people, not saving lives. They could make other laws that would save many many times more lives than gun control EVER will.
None of these laws will do anything to prevent suicides ( 2/3rds of the statistics) or gang member killings ( 75% of the leftovers after taking out suicides).
at best this law might save 20 or 30 people a year. not worth giving up a right for such a small effect.