JRH6856
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And when the Surgeon General or the CDC determines that the desire to own a machine gun is an indicator of mental illness?
The usual place, I'm sureGreat statistics. I'm guessing they were pulled from a deep, dark place...
IIRC, there is a law against suing gun makers and gun dealers for what a third party uses their products to do.First comes the "universal background check" which will require locating an FFL willing to do a transfer and paying an outrageous fee (If you think fees in most areas won't increase because of this, then you are nuts!). Then the ATF will be ordered to "tighten up" the FFL rules, eliminating most smaller "kitchen table" type FFL holders and imposing higher license fees and more restrictions on all FFL's, making it even harder to find an FFL willing to do transfers.
Also, expect lawsuits against FFL's offering private party transfers if any of the firearms transferred in this way are used in any crime at all.
I won't even get into the mental health aspects of this, I'll leave that one for someone else.
The fuss is that it would make it possible for the government to end lawful private gun ownership in the US by giving them total control over the transfer of firearms...I don't see what the fuss over background checks is for. I doubt any of us want criminals and the certified mentally ill getting firearms, so I'm fine with filling out a background check if it means it will be harder for them to get a gun.
Cal Gun Fan said:I think that is quite a stretch
Oh yes, it is.I think that's quite a stretch.
Our current system can be used to determine who purchased a specific gun; but is too manpower intensive to be used for confiscation. See: http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_registration.html
As for opening up NICS, NICS was specifically forbidden to everyone on a bipartisan basis due to privacy concerns. If anyone can check at will whether you are a prohibited person or not, lots of people will want to satisfy their curiousity.
Your own state has ALREADY used registration to confiscate registered firearms on several occasions and you think that is a stretch?
You know there are background check websites that will do the same thing for you if you have the cash?Our current system can be used to determine who purchased a specific gun; but is too manpower intensive to be used for confiscation. See: http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_registration.html
As for opening up NICS, NICS was specifically forbidden to everyone on a bipartisan basis due to privacy concerns. If anyone can check at will whether you are a prohibited person or not, lots of people will want to satisfy their curiousity.
Your own state has ALREADY used registration to confiscate registered firearms on several occasions and you think that is a stretch?
You know there are background check websites that will do the same thing for you if you have the cash?
Time to print up a batch of receipts pre dated whenever this law may be passed for each gun you have
Dont trust it one bit, the fine print will be the killer.
I think that's quite a stretch.
I don't see what the fuss over background checks is for. I doubt any of us want criminals and the certified mentally ill getting firearms, so I'm fine with filling out a background check if it means it will be harder for them to get a gun.