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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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3. Mandatory transfers through dealers would be guaranteed income for dealers.

Reply to Indydem (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 01:45 PM

Dec 2012

Nothing against them, as a group, but why subsidize them?

The antigun types don't WANT the NICS opened up to private sellers, as to do
so wouldn't 'punish' the eeebil gun owners enough for their tastes.

Believe me, I've no desire to see unqualified people get firearms- but I also don't
see why the process should be any more complicated then necessary.

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Make use of the NICS system mandatory, but open it to private gun sellers. [View all] friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 OP

I think you may have missed a couple of factors here. Indydem Dec 2012 #1

Mandatory transfers through dealers would be guaranteed income for dealers. friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #3

The law was written to intentionally block private use, and that was a bad thing ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #2

There's a privacy issue that I think needs to be carefully addressed. Glaug-Eldare Dec 2012 #4

I don't quite see the privacy issue. Right now NICS only checks about things of public record. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #5