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In reply to the discussion: No charges for seller who sold gun to W.Va. killer [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)67. No - I made a bald assertion reflected in reality
that there is no wide public support for strict gun control
You post about a woman who made an idiotic tweet (it is not even certain she has a gun). If that is the best you can do then I think you are making my point for me.
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Responsible gun owners would have paid an FFL to handle background check and transfer,
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#31
That's the problem with the law, and the problem with gun owners. They don't give a darn.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#56
States can close this. OR, the federal government can open up NICS so private sellers
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#4
Gun owners can do it through an FFL right now. Not a good idea to open it to public.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#32
An FFL has to keep records. Your average yahoo selling a gun in a parking lot, isn't
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#35
That's why it needs to go through FFL. We're going around in circles, I think I'll get off.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#48
Well, they aren't going to open up NICS, so on that, we agree. It'll have to go through an FFL.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2014
#49
I fully realize that. So take your gun to FFL to record transfer. Is that too much to ask so-called
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#50
I realize the guy who sold the gun can't be charged, legally. Morally, it's another question.
Hoyt
Dec 2014
#53
What federal law was broken? He sold it from one WV resident to another WV resident. nt
kelly1mm
Dec 2014
#78
I'm not sure if it is the law anywhere but I have read about ways to do background checks
csziggy
Dec 2014
#8
Manchin proposed that but Feinstein sucked out all the oxygen out of the debate
Recursion
Dec 2014
#83
All, or the majority? Of course not. But some do seem to be trying to compensate for something.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#21
Mine? I have no problem with gun ownership. Though I would like to see universal background checks
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#23
"It was [from] a gun magazine. I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say.
nomorenomore08
Dec 2014
#28
As you note, there is precedent for government confiscation after registration.
branford
Dec 2014
#60
And yet our party spends more energy banning bayonet lugs and regulating rifles' grip shape
Recursion
Dec 2014
#84