“I-594 would require criminal background checks for those purchasing firearms at gun shows and online. A rival, gun lobby-backed measure, I-591, would block background checks.”
Here’s the kicker-in a recent poll in Seattle, they both passed.
They both passed in seattle is a positive sign.
If it’s backed by a billionaire residing in an exclusive and protected neighborhood, I doubt that it’s good for the common man. Liberals fail to recognize that background checks are a tool for confiscation. For example, I used to collect Colt double action revolvers, legal in most states. Three years after I purchased an item in 2007 from a dealer, I received a call from the ATF advising me that I had purchased a stolen gun from a 1996 robbery. ATF drove over 100 miles to my house and confiscated the revolver. Now consider this: If the IRS uses tax returns to penalize opponents to the current administration, how great a tool is background checks? Because of what happened to me, I sold most of my prized items, realizing a very small profit compared to current values. By requiring background checks on all sales, the government will restrain trade among mostly legal buyers. Once the rule is implemented, those buying guns illegally will continue to get guns via illegal sales or theft. My fear is that private sales will then be made subject to taxation, further impeding the legal sale of firearms.