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Background checks make just about as much sense as preemployment drug testing. They may weed out a few idiots, but there are too many ways to get around them to make the time and expense justifiable.
Many weapons change hands without a background check, you knew that right?
Yes they do. You do know, of course, that if one is transferred to a person not allowed to own one that also is a crime committed by the transferor as well as the transferee?
A felony.
Do you suppose these guys went through a background check?
Background checks make just about as much sense as preemployment drug testing. They may weed out a few idiots, but there are too many ways to get around them to make the time and expense justifiable.
Between November 30, 1998 and January 2014 there have been;
617,970 background checks due to a felony convictions.
111,648 denials to fugitives from Justice.
107, 072 denials due to convictions for domestic violence,
90,896 due to drug addiction or use of controlled substances
51,010 for state prohibitions.
45,391 due to protective orders or domestic
24,565 due to an indictment
13,316 due to mental health
13,117 unlawful alien
5,656 denied person file
796 dishonorable discharge
59 for renounced citizenship
That's, 1,081,496 denials, how that is considered ineffective is simply beyond me. If the argument is that after these "criminals" attempts to purchase weapons from licensed dealers will get their weapons from somewhere else, where to they get them. Well, when you consider the fact that only 10% to 15% of firearms used in crimes are stolen, clearly the secondary market of gun shows, private dealers and straw purchasers comes front and center. If the "ineffective and unreasonable" requirement for all buyers purchasing weapons from gun shows or private dealers were implemented and reasonable limits on the number of guns purchased during certain time periods, the access of guns to criminals would not be stopped but one hell of a bent in the supply guns in the hands of those who should not have them.
Yes they do. You do know, of course, that if one is transferred to a person not allowed to own one that also is a crime committed by the transferor as well as the transferee?
A felony.
Do you suppose these guys went through a background check?
The reality is that most of those advocating for background checks don't seem to know they're already done.
Private sales do not go through background checks.
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