A new kind of gun-toting American

[safeinOhio]

43. I'm talking mandatory background checks

on private sales. 9 out of 10 people are only interested the $, that's why they don't bother to ask if you are prohibited or not. Even if asked, crooks lie. That's why records of the sale, including driver's licenses should be mandatory for handgun sales. Pay 10 bucks and have to go to a police station for the transaction would make it harder and more dangerous for the crooks selling and buying. On the other hand, legal people would still be able to buy and sell. Other than the 10 bucks, I can see no problem. With the cost of handguns and bullets, 10 bucks ain't nothing. This would not stop illegal sales, but would slow them down.

In another post someone suggested mandatory registration of violent gun crime crooks. I could go with that. Just like child sex offenders. Like sex offenders, violent gun crime folks make up a minority of the population, but are responsible for a high percentage of the crimes.