[rktman]

"Did you hand someone a gun?" Like your friends to the north, the bloomin idjits are more than likely behind this push. They're pushing it in NV and the initiative WILL be on the 2016 ballot for the IPOS/SPOS/LPOS to vote on since it will keep bad guys from ever, ever, ever getting a gun if passed. Oh, and it will bring an end to ALL domestic violence too. And your car will always stay clean and you'll have lifetime tires too. Yeah. Right.

[from occupied ga]

it will keep bad guys from ever, ever, ever getting a gun if passed.

While some of the backers and almost all of the "moms" who back this are truly stupid enough to believe this, the main driving force is those statists who want to remove the ability of the citizenry to effectively resist the government. This explains why police are always in favor of gun control.

[Oatka]

Check out the GOA-type Oregon Firearms Federation website, even if you aren't in Oregon. For a few bucks you can join them (this AZ resident did). In any event, sign up for their very informative newsletters. They are taking the county by county approach in fighting this. Dunno if it would be of help in other states, but is is always helpful to see how others handle the problem.

As I've thumped the tub here before, my approach would be to propose a background check without the 4473 link - just call in to NICS or perhaps the State Police and give them the buyer's ID. Is he on the list? "No"? take the money, give the guy the firearm - "Yes"? "See ya". There are far too many Gruberized voters who will swallow Bloomberg's lies and if we don't propose our own, we will lose.

If nothing else, whenever you can, ask any proponent/backer of these "background checks" why a person can buy two or three firearms at one time and have to pass only one BC check, but still has to fill out a 4473 for each gun (registration). And, carry around a 4473 in your pocket and ask them to fill it out. (I changed a few minds that way - those that weren't ideologues.)

[21twelve]

Yep. Here in WA I can’t legally let my son shoot my shotgun at the trap range. Of course nobody cares. Until they want to.