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In reply to the discussion: Background Checks For Ammo? Could Become Law in California [View all]Straw Man
(6,732 posts)I would have no problem with a single background check to get a card that allows me to buy ammo. It could even be renewable every year and subject to immediate revocation upon a felony conviction. But to be background checked every single time you buy a box of shotgun shells or .22 rimfire is absurd.
The "suspiciously large purchases" provision in NY was particularly insidious. After all, if you were going to have to fill out a form and have a background check for every purchase, wouldn't you want to consolidate your purchases? Buy in bulk to save the hassle? But then you get flagged.
The whole thing, at least in NY, was deliberately designed to make gun ownership as onerous as possible. The hope is that the casual shooter won't want to be bothered and will give up shooting. It's culture war, as some on here so proudly proclaim.