For years lawmakers have defeated bills requiring vendors at gun shows to conduct background checks of would-be buyers. yet such legislation squeaked by the senate courts of justice committee by an 8 t0 7 vote thi week and is poised for a vote in the full senate. Politicians are trying to restrict the average citizens ability to purchase firearms and if successful only criminals will be able to purchase firearms when they choose to without being subject to any kind of check. Currently only licensed gun dealers are required to conduct these checks but if this legislation passes even unlicensed vendors will be required to without the resources to do so, this would effectively end gun shows and sales for any unlicensed vendors. Criminals buy there firearms out of the trunk of other criminals cars so this legislation will not prevent anyone from purchasing a firearm except law abiding citizens. how can these politicians be stopped?
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just more big government doing nothing.
Yes. The Blackmarket has more guns at a cheaper price regular shops
Yep, makes lawyers rich is what it all boils down to.
Do you realize how many crimes are committed by ordinary mother/father/son/daughter/playmate/teacher etc simply because a fire arm is in the house and ready at hand at the wrong moment in a heated argument? If one tenth those incidents could be prevented, some sort of restricting regulation would be worth it.
Criminals will never pay for a firearm.Stealing is their preference.Or they will trade for an 8 ball.
Most likely. If anyone who voted for Obama had bothered to look into his senate voting record they would see the what he is for and against. He is pro abortion and proved that his first day in office, he immediately released funds for overseas abortions and counseling for them funded with our tax dollars by the way, he also voted for gun control in the senate. A leopard never loses its spots he will do something drastic regarding guns and the average American’s ability to own one before it is all said and done.
Why have any laws at all if criminals will just break them? It’s all so futile!
You only have something to worry about if you have something in your background that would cause alarm. The purpose of background checks is to PREVENT criminals from buying guns.
For the honest, law-abiding citizens, they would have no problem.
Criminals can buy guns at gun shows just as easy out of a trunk of a car. At gun shows there are a lot more ‘trunks’ to pick from. You don’t even need to give them a name in Virginia. Same if you were selling a TV, just a private transaction. If you are a law abiding citizen then you go through the legal route and buy from a licensed dealer. Don’t see a problem at all by making it harder.
Laws are only for the people who follow orders. Just like locks only keep out honest people. You can go 5 blocks in any direction on a street in NY, LA, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Charlotte, or most areas, and find a gun for sale by a private “not so legal” person and obtain a gun. I do agree that in the not so distant future, if left to the policy makers, that only the lawless and criminals will have guns.