Reply #14

But you don't want to admit that I was right and your fellow pro-gunner was wrong. This is the pro-gunner omerta in action once again.

So instead you find some nits to pick and speculate about what venues criminals might prefer for exploiting the loophole, while ignoring the major point here, which is that criminals can in fact buy guns without going through a background check, and that this could be changed by federal law, and that the NRA and the pro-gunner community at large strongly opposes such a change even though there is no rational argument in favor of keeping the loophole open.


Oh, and claiming the background check was the "NRA's idea" is horribly misleading. The NRA was opposed to the Brady Bill, and only came out in favor of instant background checks as a compromise because they wanted to avoid waiting periods. For example, if an abusive husband gets angry at his wife, the NRA didn't want him to have to wait for a few days before buying a gun because this cool-off period might give him a chance to reconsider (and it might also give the wife a chance to get away), and thus the gun industry would have missed out on this gun sale. It's very important for the NRA to allow people to buy guns in the heat of the moment.