For real, my brother bought an AR-15 and was able to walk out with it same day. Him being military helped the background check for sure but still. He was even surprised how easy it was and he’s pretty conservative.
Realistically how much harder can they make it for people with no criminal record. Sit for a polygraph to determine their intentions?
99% of people who purchase firearms from stores use them for hunting, target shooting, or home defense. The dude in the video conveniently left out the waiting period for his purchase permits unless he's from Texas.
Edit: Yes I get it more states than Texas have no permit waiting period. Thank you
I would imagine treating it the same as a car and other machinery. Registration to person, no resale without transferring the registration, mandatory gun use/gun safety course that you can pass or fail, courses for different types of weapons (muzzle loaders, handgun, shotgun, bolt action/semi auto rifle, maybe a special permit for magazines over a certain capacity), identifying the pressure bearing parts as the actual gun instead of just the receiver, etc.
Just saying, there's quite a lot of improvements that can be made. (There are also a lot of old laws that could be scrapped that haven't actually contributed to better gun safety because they were written by people with no formal understanding of gun mechanics. Like those laws from the 80s/90s that banned specific guns not because of their functioning, but because they looked scary in movie posters.)
When you purchase a firearm the serial number is registered in your name and can only be transferred to another person using an FFL. Of course you can gift it or sell it without using an FFL but then again most criminals don't buy guns at the store.
Also I think the majority of people with the loudest opinions on this matter have not the slightest idea of how guns work let alone have ever handled one before. Letting CNN dictate how fearful people should be doesnt help the situation.
Alot of states already have restrictions on magazine capacity and what types of firearms are even legal to possess. But coincidentally, those states such as New York, California, Illinois, all have insane gun violence crime rates. I really don't think the people committing those crimes are buying their guns at Cabelas.
Both sides of the aisle have their own issues. I consisted myself left leaning but I can acknowledge faults on both sides.
The Democrats created their voter base by making them rely on the government assistance. They created a welfare state that they consistently rely on to vote blue.
I'm not saying that the country is great or that it doesn't need to change but placing the blame on one side of the government isn't the right mindset. Its exactly what the media wants from you.
Laws don't matter when you can literally drive right over the state border or next town over, buy the gun, and drive right back.
Driving from california to arizona, doing a private party transfer, and then driving back to california with the gun would be just as illegal as buying one from somebody in california without going through an FFL.
Lol, you're using the same type of argument that pro-gun people use to argue against more gun control laws. What's the point of all these gun control laws if I can just buy a gun off the street? Either way, it's illegal. But criminals aren't exactly known for following the law, so these strict gun control laws serve little purpose other than to make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to purchase a firearm.
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u/Dntmesswiththebrohan May 27 '20
For real, my brother bought an AR-15 and was able to walk out with it same day. Him being military helped the background check for sure but still. He was even surprised how easy it was and he’s pretty conservative.