Fenixgoon
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- Jun 30, 2003
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]It seems that the goal of keeping guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill is worth a little paperwork and a short wait time. The NRA will resist this to the end, and convince you that your rights are being horribly trampled. Also if a gun is refused to someone, that means one less sale, and the NRA can't have that. [/B]
But I don't see any way to get private psych records safely into a new national database.
And people are clever enough to figure out how to get one no matter what. Look at all the hoops we go through to keep guns from dangerous people. The task is impossible with the ubiquity of guns. Yay guns and the NRA!
seeing as there are laws already in place to address those things....why do we need more laws?
generally speaking, every time you buy from a dealer you get an NICS check. it's only private party transfers that do not require a check. of course, if you made NICS available to people, they might actually use it.
and then of course there are straw purchases, which are incredibly difficult to stop.