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In reply to the discussion: What is the worry in this group with universal background checks for private sales? [View all]Logical
(22,457 posts)17. Good points, But I own guns and have no worry at all who knows what I own and I don't care.....
if the government has a list.
Let be real, there is no possible way the government could or would try to collect guns. The first person to be collected on the list would start a social media nightmare with actual people marching in the streets. So not sure why registration would matter. And lets face it, there is not enough police in the USA to collect 300 million guns.
I agree that background checks might not make any difference. But knowing where criminals guns come from might be helpful.
Also, only 9,000 murders a year in the USA by guns. Stolen guns (50,000) could cover that number so people will get guns another way to bypass the UBC if needed.
Like you said, most mass shooters got them legally, so it will not stop those anyway.
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What is the worry in this group with universal background checks for private sales? [View all]
Logical
Dec 2015
OP
I've loaned my Browning BPS pump to a friend for pheasant hunting for a weekend a couple of times.
DonP
Dec 2015
#11
The major objection is that it might lead to universal registration of guns as a means
flamin lib
Dec 2015
#6
"Theys commin to git my gunz!" A reasonable fear, as "they" did just that in California:
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#10
Also, aware gun owners now know that reassurances from controllers are patently false
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#30
There's one in this very thread saying, in essence: "You were lied to before, but I swear it won't..
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#38
Ignore documented historical evidence of mendacity and trust them? Fuck no...
friendly_iconoclast
Dec 2015
#36
Good points, But I own guns and have no worry at all who knows what I own and I don't care.....
Logical
Dec 2015
#17
It wouldn't work. The only way it can actually work is if you require registration, because
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#22
Good point. But isn't the initial purchaser known? Or are those records destroyed after the.....
Logical
Dec 2015
#24
Yes, the initial purchaser is know. All new firearms must go thru a licensed dealer.
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#25
Criminals get them stealing them, but the most common way I have read is thru straw purchases
Waldorf
Dec 2015
#27
I have no problem with it. The problem is you won't get it passed in this Congress.
MohRokTah
Dec 2015
#31