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To: absalom01

I could go along with universal checks if the make, model, and serial number of the transferred firearm were not recorded on the form. But they are, so I am opposed.


9 posted on 01/21/2013 10:16:56 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: coloradan

Well, it won’t change, because the immediate goal is registration, but it could.

What congress mandates, congress can unmandate.


10 posted on 01/21/2013 10:26:05 PM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: coloradan

“I could go along with universal checks if the make, model, and serial number of the transferred firearm were not recorded on the form. But they are, so I am opposed.”

Good point...what is the EXCUSE for recording all of that information? Other than maybe class of firearms, why is the other info needed?


16 posted on 01/21/2013 10:38:06 PM PST by BobL
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To: coloradan

coloradan: “I could go along with universal checks if the make, model, and serial number of the transferred firearm were not recorded on the form. But they are, so I am opposed.”

Is this true? I haven’t purchased guns from dealers. Does the government know exactly what was purchased? If so, why? What does that have to do with checking to see if the buyer is safe to own guns?

Myself? I’m not opposed to background checks on all gun transfers, including private ones. It would be hard to enforce private sales, but if I was selling a gun, I’d like to know the person I was selling it to wasn’t a nutjob. So government could maintain a list of criminals, mental patients, etc., who are not permitted to own a gun. Prospective buyers could be checked against that list without creating a national database of who purchased a gun and what was purchased.

I think the real issue here is we don’t trust government for obvious reasons. 100% gun registration means the government would know who has what. It’s a relatively simple jump from that to gun confiscation, and confiscation is unlikely to come all at once. They’ll do it bit by bit so it doesn’t create a confrontation with millions of owners all at once.


21 posted on 01/21/2013 11:26:31 PM PST by CitizenUSA (Why celebrate evil? Evil is easy. Good is the goal worth striving for.)
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