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upaloopa

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4. If a person sells a gun without a background check

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 03:35 PM

Feb 2013

And that gun is used in a crime the seller goes to jail.
Criminals knowing there will be a background check will have fewer places to get guns.
There would be uniform rules through out the states so that one state's lax laws does not become another state's problems.
All of the above are needed.

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House Judiciary Chairman Says He Opposes Universal Background Checks On Gun Sales [View all] Purveyor Feb 2013 OP

Then I call for Goodlatte's resignation Hard Assets Feb 2013 #1

I don't understand how you enforce background checks in a person-to-person sale. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #2

If a person sells a gun without a background check upaloopa Feb 2013 #4

Except you may have no idea who the seller is hack89 Feb 2013 #5

One step at a time. Uniform registration is next . upaloopa Feb 2013 #6

You certainly have an active imagination hack89 Feb 2013 #7

What mechanism would you use to provide and document that a check was done? ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #9

That deserves the Duh award upaloopa Feb 2013 #3

Nobody has used the magic letters "NRA" yet? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #8

So much for "bipartisan consensus" red dog 1 Feb 2013 #10