Universal Background Checks at the Federal Level

[barnbwt]

Has anyone done an article or write-up on the legality of this much-vaunted type of proposal, pro or con? My understanding of the present system of restrictions/checks/licensure on interstate transfers was that this was the extent to which federal authority could be levied upon firearms transactions; that it could not extend to transfers within a state, thus the patchwork of UBC/unrestricted state systems we have today. It seems like there is a significant 'commerce clause' issue with this notion that the feds would require federal licensure to facilitate all of an entire category of financial transaction

Just a different angle of dissent with the idea than I've read about to this point, and it'd be interesting to hear how it would be defended. I wouldn't think our opponents would go to the trouble of ramming through a federal bill that could be struck down so easily. ('easy' in that the high courts are much more willing to rule on economic than gun-rights issues)

TCB

 

[Frank Ettin]

See the thread: Federal Gun Control vs States Rights