Do you need a background check for gun purchases?

Concealed and open carry laws I’m informed of, and I know that a state can, if it chooses to, require gun dealers to perform background checks (the National Instant Background Check System, or something along those lines), but I recall reading somewhere that it was ruled unconstitutional for the federal government to require states to mandate these checks. Is that true? If so, in which states do people NOT need to pass a background check to buy at a dealership? Or does other firearms legislation (1934 and 1968, et al) bypass this by making Federal Firearms licenses mandatory and, therefore, enabling back-door blanket background check requirements in all states? Such confusion. x_x

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Help in english seriously?? and actually read the question and if you can help thank you somuch?

Read the following opening to John Stossels’s article " Myth about Gun Control" and analyze the style of language that Stossel employ’s to engage his reader’s attention . Address why that style was employed.

Guns are dangerous.But myths are dangerous too. Myths about guns are very dangerous because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people. " Don’t tell me this bill will not make a difference, "President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.

Sorry. Even the federal government can’t say it has made a difference. The Centers for Disease Control did and extensive review of various types of gun control: waiting periods,registration and licensing and bans on certain firearms. It found that th idea that gun control laws have reduced violent crime is simply a myth.

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Reading the following opening to John Stossels's article "Myths about Gun Control ..?

analzyethe style of language that Stossel employs to engage his reader’s attention. Address why that style was employed.

Guns are dangerous.But myths are dangerous too. Myths about guns are very dangerous because they lead to bad laws. And bad laws kill people. " Don’t tell me this bill will not make a difference, "President Clinton, who signed the Brady Bill into law.

Sorry. Even the federal government can’t say it has made a difference. The Centers for Disease Control did and extensive review of various types of gun control: waiting periods,registration and licensing and bans on certain firearms. It found that th idea that gun control laws have reduced violent crime is simply a myth.

please help this is last one i have

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Which case: New York v US or Printz v US will the Con controlled Supreme Court cite to strike down Obamacare?

In the 1990s, the Supreme Court shocked the legal world by striking down two laws for violating the Tenth Amendment. The first was New York v. United States in 1992, where the Court struck down a federal law requiring states to pass state laws for the disposal of radioactive waste, and to issue regulations for implementing those laws. Then in Printz v. United States in 1997, the Court struck down a provision of the Brady Act—a federal gun-control law—that required state and local law enforcement to run background checks on handgun purchasers.

From these two cases emerged the anti-commandeering principle, holding that the Tenth Amendment forbids the federal government from commandeering—or ordering—any branch of state government to do anything. The states are sovereign and answer only to their voters, not to Washington, D.C.

http://imkane.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/unconstitutional-obamacare-violates-tenth-amendment-anti-commandeering-principle/

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Why are the Second & Tenth Amendments Ignored?

I asked this same question previously, however I didn’t really get any responses from any liberals, or too many responses for that matter… so I’m asking it again:

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The tenth amendment to the United States Constitution reads…

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
So how is it that our senators and congressmen can vote yay on bills such as the infamous "bailout" and not be prosecuted for failing to uphold our constitution? How is it that our federal government is regulating education, the economy, peoples lives, etcetera? How is it that the federal government has the authority to create government programs? How is it that our federal government is doing any of this and not being prosecuted for failing to uphold our constitution, specifically the tenth amendment to our constitution?

In short, why is the tenth amendment not being followed, and why is our federal government not being prosecuted for failing to uphold our constitution – specifically this amendment? Why is it that there isn’t even any debate on the tenth amendment in Congress or the Senate whenever a bill is being voted on which infringes in the tenth amendment, or any other amendment for that regard? I would really like an un-biased response, if possible, please. This question is not meant to be hateful – it’s a genuine question…

Furthermore, the second amendment to the United States Constitution reads…
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
How is it that there are bans on certain guns, restrictions on how many you can purchase in a certain amount of time, gun licenses required to own a firearm, background checks, restrictions on carrying firearms in public, restrictions on how you can keep firearms in your household, restrictions on whether firearms have safety guards or not, etcetera? Isn’t all of this unconstitutional? And if so, how is it that our supreme court does not do anything about this when making rulings on second amendment cases?
Again, I comprehend the tenth amendment just fine… There is nothing in the constitution which states that the federal government has a right to regulate education, public roadways, etcetera. That means these privileges are left up to the state, are they not? I’m really not surprised that I’m being attacked… I asked for intelligent responses and I’m being attacked for… asking a question about our nations constitution?

And as for the second amendment – yes, I understand that there are different arguments, but… hasn’t the supreme court defined what the second amendment means? So… wouldn’t laws which restrict gun ownership in any way be an "infringement?"
Either way, just… obviously the government infringes on the constitution to an extent – that much I’m sure everyone can agree with… so how is it that they are not being prosecuted for not following it word for word?

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