10-07-2019, 05:10 PM
(10-04-2019, 07:25 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: It's already illegal for these folks to purchase or possess a firearm. Requiring a license does nothing to change that. If an officer sees someone with a gun they still won't know whether it's legal or not. They have to stop the person and whether or not there is a firearms license required the result will be the same: person not supposed to have a firearm will run or engage.
You have yet to produce an argument that shows a license requirement for ownership would have a significant impact on public safety to warrant a restriction of civil liberties.
Bolded is wrong. Police encounter people possessing guns all the time. In many situations they have the right to detain these people long enough to ask investigative questions but can not arrest them for not having ID or can not detain them long enough to run criminal history and mental health background checks on all of them.
Under current "no license required" situation citizen says "My name is Bob Smith and it is okay for me to possess this gun". Nothing police can do. If license required then citizen with gun either has to produce license or be arrested.
Same thing happens without gun registry. A car with multiple felon passengers has a load of guns in trunk. One non-felon claims ownership of all weapons. Nothing police can do. Same with multiple guns in house with multiple felons. No way to prove who is responsible for which guns.
