NICS checks prevent tens of thousands of people every year from illegally buying guns from gun dealers. And you think this is a waste of time. why do you want rapists and child molesters to easily get a gun?
Yet less than 0.02% of them are ever put in prison for attempting that purchase, leaving free to acquire guns easily and illegally through straw purchases, corrupt FFLs, illegal street sellers and theft. If the law was actually enforced and those who lied on the Form 4473 were actually arrested and convicted, tens of thousand of criminals would be in jail, unable to buy a gun through any means. That's what we want. Without enforcement, background checks are merely security theater.
if they are really hard core criminals, why aren' t they being prosecuted? and why do you want laws that only impact honest people on top of that if we don't enforce laws against criminals? answer-passing laws harasses the law abiding enforcing the laws impedes criminals gun banners are all about harassing law abiding gun owners and pretending it impedes criminals and there is no evidence those people who want guns to commit crime are not able to get them
we need to enforce current laws before you try to foist your schemes to make the USA like NYC on the rest of us
I've done a background check on every firearm I've purchased from an FFL, and never felt it was harassment even when one took 10 days to get through NICS post-Sandy Hook. Harassment is requiring a background check that costs up to $50 for a private sale. Harassment is requiring every member of a trust to get a background check when a firearm is added to the trust. Harassment is requiring a background check for a transfer between family members. Harassment is requiring a background check to load a firearm to a friend, and another to take the gun back. Harassment is requiring CCWs to pass a background check to get another firearm. Harassment is requiring a background check for two gun owners to simply exchange firearms for any length of time while legally shooting in a National Forest.
When that happens, then you can claim that background checks are effective. Until then, it's simply not true.
I expect we will eventually have stronger national gun laws, such as UBC, a new assault weapons ban, magazine limits, etc. and what will the result be? most Americans will accept the new laws and follow them.
see this is the sort of silliness we see-Vegas doesn't want to arrest criminals who try to buy guns, he wants to harass honest gun owners with registration
Well trump and the GOP certainly doesn't want to arrest them. He could do that tomorrow. Those gun banners!!!! LOL