Why don't gun manufacturers realize that a universal background check is actually good business for them?

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

In that, more and more people who wouldn't otherwise purchase a gun would buy guns.

That would be like removing immigration check points to encourage legal immigration.

In other words, they certainly don't want to lose criminals as the customers.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by ChrisFromChicago

I don't get that. . .

Any regulation that limits your audience is negative to sales. If you can't sell to criminals (or criminals can't buy via secondary market), that is a big market to guns. . .


Gun Makers would sell more firearms the less regulated a sale is, and the easier for anyone (Crazy, criminal, and law abiding) to buy guns and quickly.

I mean the market for shooting your wife has to be a few hundred a year, cooling off periods could cost gun manufacturers a few grand alone?

Ah...what the heck is a "cooling off period"? The wife's first few days after her "monthly"?

Waiting periods aren't common in most of the free states. Walk in, pick out a handgun, show CCW permit, pay and walk out in 5 minutes. Or if you don't have a CCW, it takes about 5 minutes to do a background check.

THe entire idea of a "cooling off period" was some gun-grabbers wet dream. To think that someone in the heat of a passionate arguement is going to stop, get in their car, drive to the local gun store, buy a gun and ammo and then drive home before offing their SO is the fantasy of someone that "projects" a bit too much. If there is a "crime of passion" the first tool at hand works fine, rather its bare hands, a knive, a baseball bat, a frying pan or a length of rope.

[Toyman at Jewel Lake]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

That would be like removing immigration check points to encourage legal immigration.

Good analogy. "Immigration check points" have been useless to address our immigration problem. They only impact law abiding people who wish to follow the rules and come to the country legally. They do nothing with respect to criminals.

Much like gun laws only effect the law abiding and are ignored by criminals.

And in both cases...we have laws who's enforcement is the responsibility of the executive branch...laws which we refuse to make any effort to actually enforce. Rather than do so, we put up distractions that negatively impact honest people but do nothing to criminals.

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by knowledgeiskey

In that, more and more people who wouldn't otherwise purchase a gun would buy guns.

Pleaes change your forum name unless you like oxymorons!