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Cleita

(75,480 posts) Fri Jun 21, 2013, 04:23 PM Jun 2013

I found myself shorter of money this month than usual so I dug through [View all]

my old jewelry and coins and went to the local gold broker's shop. I had to provide my driver's license. I believe it would be used to background check me. I assume it was to protect the broker if the jewelry turned out to be stolen. It left me wondering why couldn't we do something this simple for gun purchases? What are people so afraid of that a simple background check is so alien to them?

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I found myself shorter of money this month than usual so I dug through [View all] Cleita Jun 2013 OP

All FFL dealers are required by Federal law premium Jun 2013 #1

Exactly, my point. If you have to do a few simple things to prove what your Cleita Jun 2013 #2

While it could help in some instances The Straight Story Jun 2013 #5

none of which actually makes background checks a bad idea CreekDog Jun 2013 #8

I have no problem with ALL firearms sales premium Jun 2013 #6

But if you sold your jewelery to your neighbor.... forthemiddle Jun 2013 #13

My neighbor is not a dealer and would probably be only interested in a few pieces. Cleita Jun 2013 #14

What else should we have background checks on? Buying booze? Smokes? Pit bulls? The Straight Story Jun 2013 #3

You have to be of age to buy booze and cigarettes, which means you need Cleita Jun 2013 #4

There is a difference between showing ID (which you don't always have to do at all) The Straight Story Jun 2013 #7

I used to be a bartender and I could get into a lot of trouble including getting Cleita Jun 2013 #9

you're trolling this issue CreekDog Jun 2013 #10

+1 geckosfeet Jun 2013 #11

So what other constitutional rights do you want to have background checks on? The Straight Story Jun 2013 #12

Did they write down a description of what you brought in, or take a photograph? petronius Jun 2013 #15

I'm thinking it's to protect the dealer from being considered a fence. Cleita Jun 2013 #16

I understand that it seems strange to non-shooters, but buying and possessing ammo petronius Jun 2013 #17

Go to a gun store and buy a gun Fla_Democrat Jun 2013 #18

I have no use for a gun. Food on the other hand, is what I would spend my money on. n/t Cleita Jun 2013 #19