10-06-2017, 02:31 PM
(10-06-2017, 01:33 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: This is one reason I am in favor of the "permit to purchase" model. Creating a system where you visit your locality, every year, maybe two, and get a background check done and a permit that says you are cleared to buy a firearm. The person you are buying from calls into the locality, gives a number on the card to verify it is still valid, bam, quick and painless. If you have to plan ahead by obtaining the card, it provides a built in waiting period for a first-time buyer and prevents that spur of the moment purchase in anger or depression, and it can also reduce the time spent waiting for a background check at the time of purchase and make it easier for a private transfer situation. Putting it at the local level can allow for them to flag a permit if something happens legally, like they would a concealed permit currently.
I'd be fine with this as well, to a point. There's a lot of potential for abuse by anti-gun types in that model, like what is a valid reason to issue such a permit.
Quote:No one wants to dig into the nitty gritty of the socioeconomic factors that cause these sorts of problems. Those are too difficult to fix and would offend the delicate sensibilities of a lot of conservative type folks.
To be sure, but it wouldn't just be the right being squeamish. Thomas Sowell has a lot of excellent writings on how the welfare state has destroyed the black family in America. If you're not familiar with him, I'd recommend reading some of his works. I also agree with him on the issue of legalizing drugs, although maybe not all of them as he has suggested.
