I have several firearms for sale, should I sell them to you sight unseen or should I request validation that you are eligible to purchase a firearm? In other words, prove to me you're not a convicted felon...
I have several firearms for sale, should I sell them to you sight unseen or should I request validation that you are eligible to purchase a firearm? In other words, prove to me you're not a convicted felon...
How about for axes? Swords? Kinves? SUVs?
I would never sell anything to anyone if I thought they were going to use it illegally. What is in question here is whether or not the government should oversee private transactions of legally owned goods.
I think not.
And how would you propose to find out whether the person is a convicted felon, since by design background checks are going to return a lot of false positives?