Quoted: I'm sorry if you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Believe me I wish the world was a place where everything just worked like it does in theory, but it's not nor will it ever be. There will always be some asshole out there who will ruin it for everyone.
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Sorry, but it's wrong to punish good people along with the asshole simply because the government can't effectively deal with the individual.
I don't hate my government nor do I think it should be involved with every aspect of my life. All I was saying is that, and this may only go for me, because I'm a law abiding citizen I have no problem with a background check. I am comfortable with this because I know my background is clean and I will be able to obtain the firearm.
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Are you suggesting that everybody who is delayed or declined during a NICS check is a criminal? Stick around, you'll see stories of people who thought their records were clean, yet they have to jump through a bunch of B.S. everytime they go to buy a gun because NICS says otherwise. Maybe they share the same name as some slimebag, or they were told that a minor transgression from their younger days was expunged from the record. Whatever the case, people with "clean records" are delayed or declined every day.
Wouldn't it be great if all gun owners used there firearms in a lawful manner.
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The majority do. Again, why punish the majority for the actions of a few? Do you feel safer knowing that a convicted felon may be declined at the gunstore, yet probably won't be prosecuted for attempting to purchase a firearm?
Just another dream that will never happen. The background check doesn't infringe on our right to own guns it just helps to protect law abiding people from crazy people who have no right to own a gun.
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It sure does infringe on our rights. What do you call it when the government records are mistaken and an innocent person has to PROVE their innocence in order to buy a gun? And how exactly does a background check protect you when the vast majority of those who are declined for valid reasons are never prosecuted? Particularly considering that such a person would be able to buy a stolen gun from the gang-banger on the corner in short order, after being declined by NICS.
Even if you can't see the fine print it is there. Just think if there wasn't any background checks. The easiest an cheapest way for a convicted felon to obtain a firearm would be at a gun shop.
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Actually, I'm old enough to remember what it was like before background checks. It really wasn't that long ago. And I'm not that old (34). Surprisingly, blood wasn't flowing in the street from all the felons buying guns in gun shops. As for gunshops being the easiest and cheapest way to obtain a gun; where do you shop? I haven't found any bargains in gunshops in quite awhile.
Stealing or buying stolen weapons is probably still the preferred method of obtaining a gun. Do you also believe that gun shows are the easiest and cheapest way for terrorists to obtain weapons?
Can you imagine the amount and type of bans that the gun haters would try to impose on us if this was true. If you think your rights are infringed now just imagine what it would be like without some kind of system to check for convicted felons and mentally unstable people.
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I don't have to imagine, double ought, it's happening as we speak, even with the infallible background check in place. It doesn't matter one bit how many checks are in place, how many "compromises" we make with the antis. Their agenda is to take away everybody's right to own firearms. And they will keep pushing their reasonable restrictions. And some people will keep buying into the lie. But at least we'll "feel" safer, right?
Just remember a convicted felon no longer has the right to bear arms and this is one way to make sure he/she doesn't. I'm not saying it's perfect but if it's the only thing I have to go thru to obtain a firearm then I'm not complaining. That's just my opinion and maybe I'm wrong.
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Yes, the 1968 GCA makes it illegal for a convicted felon to possess a firearm. And yet there doesn't really seem to be a correlation between that law and a drastic drop in violent crime. I personally think that a non-violent felon should have all rights restored once they serve their sentence. But that's a discussion for another time.
The NICS check is not only not perfect, it's ineffective. What infringement will you support next when the antis finally admit that the Brady bill is a failure?