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29. The devil is in the details, DanTex

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Like other gun owners in this thread, I have bought most of my firearms through an FFL, and the transaction was of course accompanied by a background check. However, private sales are legal in NC, so I have bought a pistol or two from acquaintances. The only gun I've sold (a Century CETME whose ergonomics did not work for me) I sold through an FFL because I wanted the person buying this rifle to pass a background check before laying hands on my rifle.

So you've basically got me, a pretty staunch 2nd Amendment (and all Constitutional rights) advocate, as an ally on the background check issue. My only conditions are to work out the following issues:

1) It can't become a back-door gun registry. The police do not need lists of who owns what. In places where those types of lists get started (Australia, California, etc.), confiscation too often follows.

2) A framework for reasonable lending becomes important: Can I allow a range buddy to try my firearm out while target shooting together without it becoming a "transfer" and triggering a background check?

3) Families need to be able to hand guns down without the gov't getting involved: Father-to-son, grandmother-to-granddaughter, uncle to niece, etc. - some level of blood ties and kinship needs to trump the requirement for background checks and allow for a family transfer that would otherwise be legal (i.e.- a father would not be able to give a firearm to a son who is already a convicted felon).

I await your suggestions on these fronts.

-app