montgomery381
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The background checks seem to be the most likely to have support and a chance at being enacted. I like to look at things from the antis' perspective so that I can come up with a counter to their points. But I am having issues with this one.
As I see it there is a chance that this measure could have an impact on criminal getting guns. I don't think people would be as likely to buy a gun for a prohibited person if they knew that they would be charged with illegally selling a firearm, presumably a felony, that was used in crime. This would, at the very least, increase the price that criminals would have to pay for guns, that they weren't stealing. Of course, this would create a volatile black market for firearms.
The way the system works now law enforcement has to track a firearm from the manufacturer, to the distributor, to the retailer and review the retailer's records to determine the original purchaser. As it is now that is not a registry.
If the universal checks had to go through FFL's and FFL's had to maintain the records it would be hard to argue that universal checks would equal registration.
I do not like the idea of universal background checks but I do not want to be against them just because it is inconvenient. What are your thoughts on this?
As I see it there is a chance that this measure could have an impact on criminal getting guns. I don't think people would be as likely to buy a gun for a prohibited person if they knew that they would be charged with illegally selling a firearm, presumably a felony, that was used in crime. This would, at the very least, increase the price that criminals would have to pay for guns, that they weren't stealing. Of course, this would create a volatile black market for firearms.
The way the system works now law enforcement has to track a firearm from the manufacturer, to the distributor, to the retailer and review the retailer's records to determine the original purchaser. As it is now that is not a registry.
If the universal checks had to go through FFL's and FFL's had to maintain the records it would be hard to argue that universal checks would equal registration.
I do not like the idea of universal background checks but I do not want to be against them just because it is inconvenient. What are your thoughts on this?