“Because the label ‘crazy’ could be applied to anyone who is concerned for their rights; Lord knows that’s the undertone I read from my father when he asks why I like guns & am concerned about the right to keep and bear them.”
We already have a law preventing them from buying a gun. Why should they be able to rent a gun if they can’t buy one?
“Why should they be able to rent a gun if they can’t buy one?”
Well, technically they can’t even hold a weapon, right?
So the question is not that they’re being “allowed” to rent one, it’s that there’s no quick way to verify someone’s status. What do you propose that wouldn’t gum it up for the rest of us?
>We already have a law preventing them from buying a gun. Why should they be able to rent a gun if they can’t buy one?
Why should I have been able to fire full-automatic weapons when it’s not legal for me to own them? The `68[?] Firearms law prohibits me from owning them, unless I get a Class III License, which I understands comes with a nice little waver against things like 4th Amendment rights.
I was in the Army [National Guard] for 9 years. Because it was the National Guard I was sworn to protect and defend BOTH the State and Federal Constitutions; because I am a programmer, I have little tolerance for inconsistently applied rules (especially those that violate logic).
The instant-check system, by law, can only be used to check somebody if he's buying a gun. The range is prohibited by law from being able to check if a person is a felon or crazy except in the circumstance of buying a gun. If they do not have the ability to find out a renter's status, then explain how they can refuse to rent?
The feds don't seem to want just anybody finding out the felon/crazy status of somebody.