Okay so what do you do with a violent ex-felon who’s served his time, finished his probation and thinks “Oh goody, I’m gonna go buy a gun!” Should our society allow that? Because telling him no would be “restricting” gun rights.
Cindie
The entire federal FFL system and the existence of the BATFE is built upon the premise that outlawing the possession of firearms by felons is helpful in reducing crime.
Is it? I see no evidence of that.
But I do see evidence of a bureacracy which empowers Kalifornia to implement waiting periods, background checks, fees, gun rosters, and semi-automatic rifle bans which would be virtually impossible to implement if not for the federal system limiting sales of new firearms to licensed dealers in one's state of residence.
My freedom to keep and bear arms has been shredded due to federal infringements.