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In reply to the discussion: LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]Clames
(2,038 posts)23. How about "prove it".
Maybe you aren't very aware of how this works but I'll fill you in as best as your ability to comprehend allows. Unless you have a database that links my firearms directly to me by make, model, and serial number you don't have a case unless you are standing over my shoulder at all times. I can sell a gun to one of my friends and it becomes a case of your word against ours and the burden of proof belongs to you. You have no documentation, you have no proof that I originally owned the firearm, and this could be a firearm that has changed hands several times before. Now multiply this scenario by millions and try explaining why it shouldn't be all that hard to implement...
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LOL, has anyone actually read the "universal background check" legislation that has been proposed?? [View all]
virginia mountainman
Mar 2013
OP
Do you find anything faulty with his assessment of the proposed law?
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2013
#2
To evaluate laws, ALL citizens must be lawyers. Another provision of the law.
Eleanors38
Apr 2013
#34
Only someone who is vehemently opposed to any form of gun control could like that asinine bill
tularetom
Apr 2013
#7
Great - but what about non-sales? Say I just want to "give" my gun to some perp,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#16
How about not going to federal prison? A procedure to enforce federal firearm laws
jmg257
Apr 2013
#22
Universal Background Checks are a good example, along with registration of course.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#27
I understand about gun owners ignoring the spirit of the law. AWB was a great example,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#29
Yep-let us compromise..by bribing "law-abiding" gun owners as the means to get them to...
jmg257
Apr 2013
#37
I know...I said I get it - if one is willing to break the law, then they don't worry about the law.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#41
Not now, maybe after the next massacre. I do get emotional when people get blasted by the dozens,
jmg257
Apr 2013
#52
Uh huh, which you did, all the while you were spouting the how and why you and millions others
jmg257
Apr 2013
#61
Awww..so cute! I know, this is all rather tedious, and I did mention boring too.
jmg257
Apr 2013
#71
Yep..you know those old 'criminals, by definition, break laws', 'if you outlaw guns...'
jmg257
Apr 2013
#56
Well, I don't know that 'difficult to enforce' necessarily equates to 'badly written' ...
brett_jv
Apr 2013
#54
Careful. That kind of rational thought earns labels from a few more vocal advocates.
Clames
Apr 2013
#58
I think it would be much better if the definitions of 'transfer' simply excluded
petronius
Apr 2013
#21