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I posted the link earlier showing where you can order guns on the internet in Australia.[.
That is illegal, there are gun dealers in the US that "lose" guns, there are exchanges between relatives and others, the amount of illegal guns in the US is not comparable.
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It's redundant. Your co-worker is going to sell you his gun as soon as you hand him the money.
So because someone else can circumvent a law we should keep our restrictions very loose, make it easier for people to acquire guns that shouldn't have them.
No, it isn't. You've fallen for the media myth of "gunshow loopholes". If you walk into a gun show and purchase a firearm, you are required to go through the exact same process as you would at a firearms dealer's store. The extremely rare exception is if you buy from a private individual, and that transaction would have to take place outside since a private individual is not allowed to set up a booth at a gun show.
It's not a myth.
Do you think that private or unlicensed dealers really know the person on the other end of the sale, people don't even know their relatives yet they can sell them a gun.
NY State gun shows agreed voluntarily that each gun sold at a gun show would be tagged as having received a background check, that is sensible.
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Virginia law does not require background checks for gun purchases from
unlicensed dealers or private sellers. Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) tried to change
that, but his proposal was rejected by the Republican-controlled Virginia
legislature.
The governor again mentioned closing the gun-show loophole, as it is commonly called, in the wake of the Roanoke shootings, drawing the ire of Republican lawmakers who noted that the gunman in that case purchased his weapon legally.
That is illegal, there are gun dealers in the US that "lose" guns, there are exchanges between relatives and others, the amount of illegal guns in the US is not comparable.
I don't know now all the steps but go back...the link is provided.
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So because someone else can circumvent a law we should keep our restrictions very loose, make it easier for people to acquire guns that shouldn't have them.
We have covered this. We refuse to have the discussion about whether or not certain people should be restricted but to stop them you are going to most likely have to restrict them.
As far as restrictions on others go the reason to avoid them isn't because some will get around them but rather because owning one is a Constitutionally granted rights.
Do you think that private or unlicensed dealers really know the person on the other end of the sale, people don't even know their relatives yet they can sell them a gun.
NY State gun shows agreed voluntarily that each gun sold at a gun show would be tagged as having received a background check, that is sensible.
Do you wish to impose on the private sales of anything and everything? You are pushing a BIG BROTHER agenda hard, pal.
Does the pharmacist at your drugstore know everyone who comes in and buys opioids? No, and he has no reason to either.
The guns sold at NY gun shows to people by FFL dealers are required to have background checks because of squealing liberal democrat weenies who favor equality, LGBT and abortion above all else. Private sales are out of that loop.
Let's go for a ride around the block and make the deal. It's not illegal, it's private.
VA isn't going to budge; I don't care what the democrat liberal weenies in NOVA think. The rest of the state is wide open and conservative.
As for your link - a bill to ban the handling of guns for kids under 4? Really? Who is going to enforce it? How about toy guns?
As evidenced by the Head Lefty In Chief today in his presser.
He made no bones about it he is going to Politicize this Tragedy and stomp all over the graves of those murdered to get what he wants.
Yeah; he's likely going to do that with the complete support of the victims families, but of course you care more for the victims than they do.
There's no limit to your over-emotive hyperbole is there?
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