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In reply to the discussion: I am F*CK*NG PISSED. Michigan Gun Laws Written by the Mob?!?!? [View all]HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)The only permit required is for CCW. Yes, there are background checks, BUT not for a gift of a gun. A person can buy a gun themselves, have a background check done on them, and then give the gun as a gift (no money exchanges) and it is legal and there is no way to know who that recipient is or what their criminal or mental background is. Slipping through the cracks.
My husband offered to do this "for" me at a gun show since he has his CCW and the background check would be faster for him than me. That should be outright ILLEGAL, even if the recipient of this "gift" is an adult and could on their own pass a background check, never mind somebody who COULDN'T. As a pro-gun controls person, this made me furious to how easily people could slip between the cracks here.
Florida is a LOT worse than Michigan. The entire country knows about SYG and what happened to Trayvon Martin. That is just the one that got the PUBLICITY too.