01-26-2018, 01:50 PM
(01-26-2018, 01:37 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Because, as I illustrated above, they are completely incomparable in this fashion. Fireams manufacturers create a perfectly legal product. Firearms dealers, who have to undergo a rigorous licensing process (ooohhh look, it's those government regulations you were asking for!), sell a completely legal product.
The companies that make cars, explosives, narcotic pain killers, alcohol, and toxic chemicals also make perfectly legal products but that does not mean there is no public safety issue in regulating them.
(01-26-2018, 01:37 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Firearms purchasers, who have to undergo a NICS background check (ooohhh look, it's those government regulations you were asking for!), are purchasing a completely legal product.
The only black market for firearms is for firearms that are illegal under federal law, or stolen firearms sold to people who could not legally purchase them or prefer not to in order to avoid being a known gun purchaser.
Again the study you cited indicated that 50% of gun dealers agree to "straw" purchases where they know the gun is not for the person making the purchase.
And lots of individuals sell guns to strangers with no background check at all.
If 80% of violent gun crimes are committed by people who were not the lawful owner doesn't that indicate that there is a problem with criminals having easy access to guns?
