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Originally Posted by Fundguy1
There is no "gun show loophole" Gun shows are populated by licensed vendors who run your background there just like their shop . The loophole is a private citizen can sell to another private citizen. I wouldn't be against this leaving family members exempt so you could buy or gift your 15 yr old a .22. That said they call it a gun show loophole because if you want to sell your gun and you're a private citizen, you can find buyers at a gun show.
Large magazines bans are silly. Yes, these mass shootings are bad, but you're more likely to be killed by lightning than in a mass shooting. Want to dramatically decrease them, enforce people who have psychological issues that are dangerous to be restricted from access to guns. The magazine's are out there. The only ones who won't have them if banned are the good guys. There is no sale of illegal modifications. Only criminals do that now. And another law won't correct that.
So in sum, if you want to stop the vast majority of mass shootings, have psychologist and psychiatrists inform the government of who should not gave gun access. Also keep in mind, 98% of shooting are pistols, not rifles, and most are done by repeat gun felons. Keep those locked up with mandatory sentences and gum crime as a whole will plummet. None of these things liberals are for unfortunately but they actually would work and make sense.
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look, all this makes sense. Btw, I believe that universal background checks of private sales at shows are not active in every state. So while the majority of sales at shows are by FFLs, you can still as a private party, sell a firearm to another private party without completely knowing whether that person is allowed to own a firearm.
Here's an example:
http://archive.jsonline.com/news/cri...335806851.html
Look...there are other alternatives. What if we treat the gun ownership like car ownership? How about insuring against your potential liability of owning a gun?
Knowing you can get your pants sued off you for selling or owning a gun that is used to commit crimes may be a way to get reasonable gun ownership. Just a thought.