“And what else shall we make of the latest NRA initiative, making it easier for people deemed mentally ill to get their hands on guns?”
From seeing mainstream media reports, I was under the impression the criminally insane could already order an AR15 machine gun with bayonet lug by mail through some loophole.
What could be easier than that?
You can get ‘em on eBay. If you have it linked up with PayPal, it’s only a single click. Free shipping.
I jest a bit here, but a couple of years ago, here in WA state, we had an “initiative” (I-594) to require FFL transfers for all sales, even between private individuals. Rich, out-of-state, billionaires poured money into the campaign to support the initiative. Their TV spot showed a little segment of gunbroker.com and suggested that you could just hop on there and buy a gun and have it sent to your house (completely untrue, even before the initiative).
Unfortunately, the NRA was a near no-show and there were no counter TV ads to be seen (but they DID put a bumper sticker in American Rifleman magazine!). The initiative passed and we are now infringed (we have tons of libs on the west side of our state, sigh). I know it’s been tried in other states since. Sad.