04-24-2017, 11:18 PM
(04-24-2017, 08:12 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Pretty sure that Federal gun law prohibits all felons from gun ownership. No need to add a modifier like "violent".
Pretty sure that background checks are already in place. How about proper enforcement of the laws already on the books? Example? The young fellow that shot the black folk in SC was shown to be mentally unstable. Had they enforced the existing law, he would have never been allowed to purchase a gun. If anything, with the uptick in domestic terror attacks in recent years, perhaps the law should be expanded to include all immigrants and foreign Nationals, until they are fully vetted and demonstrate a lifestyle of peaceful enjoyment?
As for second part of bolded, perhaps handguns, as they are so often used in "violent crimes". Forcing otherwise law abiding folk to submit their hunting/farming tools to undue tracking is an intrusion of their rights to privacy and anonymity as private citizens, IMO.
I pointed out in another thread how a newspaper published the names and addresses of gun permit owners.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/25/us/new-york-gun-permit-map/
Yeah, there's nothing to worry about from a list of gun owners. Watch the crickets.
