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The 2nd Amendment is the right to bear arms, it has nothing to do with WMDs.
A gun can be aimed and fired at a particular target.
If you lobbed a nuke at a burgler, you'd not only kill yourself in the process, you'd take out everyone in your neighborhood and probably a good chunk of your home town.
The bill would close the so-called gun show loophole, which allows unlicensed individuals to sell their wares at gun shows without running a background check on buyers.
The bill provides limited exemptions for immediate family members who may pass on a weapons as a family heirloom or gift and for individuals who are using a gun temporarily for a sporting event. Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Background Checks, Not Without Controversy - US News and World Report
...so while a vast majority of Americans (90 Percent) support Universal Background checks, not one of the eight GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a background check bill today.
...so while a vast majority of Americans (90 Percent) support Universal Background checks,
not one of the eight GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted for a background check bill today.
90 percent of Americans are idiots then, if that's not a bogus stat.
Because, among other things like gun control being a very partisan issue, the bill is horrible. This isn't just a private sales ban and de facto registration, this is an "imprison legal gun owners for innocent behavior" bill. This bill covers just about any "transfer" of a gun, not just sales.
Under this Intolerable Act, you couldn't let a friend borrow a gun to go shooting, you couldn't even have your gun in his trunk if you drove to the range separetly,(and people go shooting other places than established ranges. I wonder if letting someone else shoot your gun on BLM land would be illegal under this?) and you'd better not go on vacation or business trips for more than a week or that's an illegal transfer to your roommates, and God help you if you lose a gun on a hunting/camping trip and can't fill out the lost/stolen forms within 24 hours.
This bill is just about harassing legal gun owners.
The section you quoted lists all of the exemptions to the background checks, including temporary transfers of possession, which would be what would happen when you loan your friend your gun.
Since 1993, the Brady law has required background checks on gun sales to private citizens. However, background checks can only be performed by licensed gun dealers and its estimated that forty percent of gun sales are done without a background check. If we are to keep guns out of the hands of unstable individuals, isn't it time we demand 100 percent screening?
Since 1993, the Brady law has required background checks on gun sales to private citizens. However, background checks can only be performed by licensed gun dealers and its estimated that forty percent of gun sales are done without a background check. If we are to keep guns out of the hands of unstable individuals, isn't it time we demand 100 percent screening?
Forcing me to undergo a background check is saying that I am guilty until proven innocent.
So once the background checks are completed and the gun sales are complete, what stops the new gun owner from becoming "unstable" in the future?
So once the background checks are completed and the gun sales are complete, what stops the new gun owner from becoming "unstable" in the future?
[serious];62815421 said:That's the strangest argument I've ever seen.
"Hey, we should check to see if someone has a record of drunk driving before we issue them a license."
"but once you demonstrate that they don't have a history of drunk driving, what's to stop them from starting to drive drunk in the future?"
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