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ProgressiveProfessor

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15. None, best I can tell

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Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:25 PM

Jan 2013

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Just got a part time job and underwent a background check. And if I buy a gun? [View all] Bluzmann57 Jan 2013 OP

Because, gun owners are scared of anything rbixby Jan 2013 #1

You do. former9thward Jan 2013 #2

No you don't. I have a 9mm glock 19 rustydog Jan 2013 #3

Most guns are bought through FFL dealers. former9thward Jan 2013 #7

I don't have to have a background check oneshooter Jan 2013 #36

Stop evading the issue. former9thward Jan 2013 #38

NICS background checks are prohibited for private sales. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #20

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2013 #34

Yes, you are required to get a background check to buy a gun. aptal Jan 2013 #4

Not always, depending on the state ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12

All states require background checks to purchase a gun from a retailer. aptal Jan 2013 #19

From a retailer. 40% of guns are not bought through retailers and require no check. Squinch Jan 2013 #24

Where is your link for that? former9thward Jan 2013 #40

Flex your google muscles dear. Type in "40% of guns sold without background check." Squinch Jan 2013 #43

I did. former9thward Jan 2013 #45

Well, how about this. Squinch Jan 2013 #47

Actually I looked at that study. former9thward Jan 2013 #48

And yet, due to the work of the NRA and organizations like them, it is the best information we have. Squinch Jan 2013 #49

I agree with you. aptal Jan 2013 #50

nope uponit7771 Jan 2013 #35

Yes. former9thward Jan 2013 #39

What state DOES require a background check when buying a gun from someone other than Squinch Jan 2013 #44

The poster I replied to said retailer. former9thward Jan 2013 #46

Care to retract that 100% declarative and incorrect statement yet ? Nt pkdu Jan 2013 #51

No. former9thward Feb 2013 #54

I see , we have to read ALL your word-salad/spaghettios to pick out a correct statement. No thanks. pkdu Feb 2013 #55

I don't know the "we" you are speaking for. former9thward Feb 2013 #56

Common sense isn't common among the NRA type of gun owners SpartanDem Jan 2013 #5

apples and oranges cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #6

My girlfriend got a job at Target Drale Jan 2013 #8

I wonder if the difference is that your job is protecting valuable workers from you, just in case. freshwest Jan 2013 #9

U do have to have a back ground check Jack Hinson Jan 2013 #10

Actually that is not true ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #13

Which of the recent mass shootings guardian Jan 2013 #11

None, best I can tell ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #15

Not a single one IrreverentOne Jan 2013 #16

How would you know if a mass shooting was prevented by a background check... Renew Deal Jan 2013 #17

Question, then... metalbot Jan 2013 #41

Our goal shouldn't be just to stop mass shooting SpartanDem Jan 2013 #18

It seems to me that requiring a background check on every sold gun would, Squinch Jan 2013 #25

So your actual answer guardian Jan 2013 #28

Yes. These are different things. But I do think these are the things that are necessary Squinch Jan 2013 #30

Not all gun transactions require a background check. It depends on the state ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #14

Well that's the point. We should require them for all gun transactions. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #27

I understand Jack Hinson Jan 2013 #37

Why should your job require a background check? surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #21

Well in this particular job, there are some valuable things lying around Bluzmann57 Jan 2013 #22

That is undoubtedly their reason ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #23

That was my first thought also.nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #52

Agree with universal background checks for guns... Deep13 Jan 2013 #26

"that makes me object generally to them snooping around in their workers' private business" guardian Jan 2013 #29

Honestly, yeah, that should not be publicly available information. Deep13 Jan 2013 #31

You go through that background check customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #32

I had... raidert05 Jan 2013 #33

What does the forklift look like? maryland native Jan 2013 #42

Buy a gun new or used from a dealer, yes. Buy used from another random person, no. OneTenthofOnePercent Feb 2013 #53