General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit - What to Do: A Post on Gun Laws That Will Piss Off Guntards [View all]genxlib
(5,526 posts)I still agree with the OP.
The tightening of all other background checks and registrations will make it important to close off these private transfers.
the tighter the controls, the bigger this loophole becomes. It would be a target for clean record people to pass guns along to people who could not pass the check otherwise.
Perhaps licensing would curtail this practice but it seems there are enough people that would still participate to make it to big of a risk.
I understand that there are constitutional issues on regulating intrastate commerce but there must be ways around that for things like drugs and other tightly controlled substances.
It would be simple enough to have licensed dealers simply provide the brokerage for a fee. Citizen A wants to sell to Citizen B then Dealer C has to certify the transaction after doing the background check and enforcing whatever other restrictions are put in place.
It may sound inconvenient but I still believe the Authorities need to know where every gun is and who the operator is throughout its entire existence.