Posted on 01/28/2017 9:45:08 AM PST by rktman
According to a (widely debunked) Harvard University study that was widely touted by The Trace, 40% of firearms transactions in the United States happened without a background check. The real number is actually more like 20%. Still, the state of Washington implemented a new law last year designed to close the so-called gun show loophole which allowed citizens within the same state to transfer a firearm between themselves without going through the NICS system.
The FBI has just released a report showing that private party transfers in Washington following the new law accounted for only 2% of the total background checks.
(Excerpt) Read more at thetruthaboutguns.com ...
Yeah they can. They've been doing it for generations.
WILL NOT COMPLY!
Nasty Notion.
WILL NOT COMPLY!
Nasty Notion.
Maybe some kind of red line or such would make a bigger impression.
“The Washington law is a prosecutors nightmare that requires the state to disprove so many negatives as to make it unenforceable. Some prosecutors have publicly announced that they wont prosecute under the new law. Any honest appellate judge would declare it unconstitutionally void for vagueness and being overly broad.”
Therefore the need for UNIVERSAL GUN REGISTRATION.
It was built into the measure to be followed up by the only reasonable fix for the failing law.
There is no way to enforce this on private sales that they know nothing about.
Unless they have a registry, they don’t know who has what guns.
This is what happens when you pass a law and the public simply ignores it.
Well, there is that. Worked for a recent X-(p)resident so well.
Double secret probation for all of you scalawag scofflaws
It doesn’t stop them from trying, mighty so.
All they usually need is one corrupt federal judge.
Here in Ga. my CCW is all I need to buy. Just got a 357 revolver. No NICS.
For me, it’s 100%, or at least it would be if I weren’t such a flaming libtard who thinks that guns are just too mean to be in our world... ;)
As a Washingtonian, 99% of Police departments refuse to uphold that law, simply because they lack the man power and the costs to enforce said law. Gotta remember, Washington is mostly a red state with the exception of a few counties along I-5. The majority of the state is almost as rural as Wyoming. My Sheriff said he would not enforce it even if he witnessed it, because it goes against federal and state constitution.
Forgot to mention, he also hosts public events explaning and going over the history of our Constitution. He is a good man and great Sheriff.
Does Washington have gun registration?
Funny
And inanimate object is responsible for
all the issues of modern society.
If guns We’re removed,
Humans would be the Only species on planet earth denied the Right of self Defense.
And Another Thing,,
Gun Grabbers are Cowards!
They couldn’t protect themselves
and refuse You the Right as Well!
Interesting that a Federal agency should sound off on a state law.
I honestly don’t know, is this usual?
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