There is more gun control movement from both sides of the aisle with the recent double mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, OH. One commentator said it started with the students at Parkland HS who immediately banded together something that has no happened before.
It appears that red flag laws and universal background checks appear to be the most likely legislation pushed, not assault weapons bans, age restrictions, or magazine capacities.
They are pushing for a universal background bill despite the fact that both recent shooters acquired their weapons legally and after having gone through a background check so not sure how making them go through the background check that they already went through would have changed anything.
The fact is that many mass shooters’ first major crime is their mass shooting, thus they have a clean background and nothing in their background to stop them from legally passing a background check or obtaining a weapon.
When it comes to the gang shooters in places like Chicago and Baltimore they average in range from ages of 12-20+ years old and cannot even legally own or purchase a pistol so they are buying them off of the street and not buying them legally where they would have to go through a background check if they did so background checks and age restrictions are worthless in this area.
Most citizens concerns about background checks are that they keep the serial number and firearm information during a sale/transfer and thus know who owns what what firearms and this is defacto registration which has historically been followed by confiscation such as the parallel red flag laws which would assist law enforcement in taking said weapons.
So, since I believe we are going to lose the battle on universal background checks and they will be required for all firearm/gun sales private and public what if we did them but did not have to give any of the weapon information, would that be acceptable to you?
Example:
Citizen: “This is John Smith. I am calling because I am selling a gun to Mike Johnson. I just want to know if Mike Johnson ( DOB 9/8/1971 & social security number ) is legally allowed to own a firearm and thus be sold one.”
The Government: “We just ran the background check on Mike Johnson and he is valid to own a firearm. You may sell him whatever firearm or firearms you want.”
Done.
Would that be acceptable?
Yes, I don’t think the government should have knowledge of our private affairs and I strongly disagree with background checks for private sales and also gun registration but I think we are going to lose on this one and the 2nd Amendment says nothing about background checks. This is just one way to make it so that it doesn’t become a backdoor way to gun registration if it does come to this.
Imagine if there was a federal database where citizens could log on to a public website, check someone to see if they are currently legally allowed to own a firearm like checking someone’s valid drivers license status and it was as easy as that? You can actually do similar checks on public government websites to see people’s criminal records. If they had this you wouldn’t even need to have to make a phone call. The government would just have to keep the database up to date like drivers license validity. This maybe unrealistic now but perhaps in the future it would work.
Would this be possible and would you accept it if it did?
It appears that red flag laws and universal background checks appear to be the most likely legislation pushed, not assault weapons bans, age restrictions, or magazine capacities.
They are pushing for a universal background bill despite the fact that both recent shooters acquired their weapons legally and after having gone through a background check so not sure how making them go through the background check that they already went through would have changed anything.
The fact is that many mass shooters’ first major crime is their mass shooting, thus they have a clean background and nothing in their background to stop them from legally passing a background check or obtaining a weapon.
When it comes to the gang shooters in places like Chicago and Baltimore they average in range from ages of 12-20+ years old and cannot even legally own or purchase a pistol so they are buying them off of the street and not buying them legally where they would have to go through a background check if they did so background checks and age restrictions are worthless in this area.
Most citizens concerns about background checks are that they keep the serial number and firearm information during a sale/transfer and thus know who owns what what firearms and this is defacto registration which has historically been followed by confiscation such as the parallel red flag laws which would assist law enforcement in taking said weapons.
So, since I believe we are going to lose the battle on universal background checks and they will be required for all firearm/gun sales private and public what if we did them but did not have to give any of the weapon information, would that be acceptable to you?
Example:
Citizen: “This is John Smith. I am calling because I am selling a gun to Mike Johnson. I just want to know if Mike Johnson ( DOB 9/8/1971 & social security number ) is legally allowed to own a firearm and thus be sold one.”
The Government: “We just ran the background check on Mike Johnson and he is valid to own a firearm. You may sell him whatever firearm or firearms you want.”
Done.
Would that be acceptable?
Yes, I don’t think the government should have knowledge of our private affairs and I strongly disagree with background checks for private sales and also gun registration but I think we are going to lose on this one and the 2nd Amendment says nothing about background checks. This is just one way to make it so that it doesn’t become a backdoor way to gun registration if it does come to this.
Imagine if there was a federal database where citizens could log on to a public website, check someone to see if they are currently legally allowed to own a firearm like checking someone’s valid drivers license status and it was as easy as that? You can actually do similar checks on public government websites to see people’s criminal records. If they had this you wouldn’t even need to have to make a phone call. The government would just have to keep the database up to date like drivers license validity. This maybe unrealistic now but perhaps in the future it would work.
Would this be possible and would you accept it if it did?
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