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nick of time

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17. Isn't it amazing what honest and sane

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Sun Feb 3, 2013, 04:25 PM

Feb 2013

people can come up with when the extremists on both sides stay out of it?

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This seems like an absurdly easy way to achieve universal background checks on gun purchases [View all] Recursion Feb 2013 OP

Once the license is issued, scan the bar code like a lottery ticket machine does DainBramaged Feb 2013 #1

Sure, gun stores could definitely have that Recursion Feb 2013 #2

It ain't hard. All the gun dealer needs is a phone line or internet connection. DainBramaged Feb 2013 #3

Or if they have those new scanners nick of time Feb 2013 #25

Makes too much sense. Kalidurga Feb 2013 #4

I like it. nick of time Feb 2013 #5

Brilliant. JohnnyBoots Feb 2013 #6

Congress could address that in the new law. nick of time Feb 2013 #7

There's that, and there's always privacy issues Recursion Feb 2013 #8

Unless each gun carries a registration similar to a vehicle this will fail.... Swede Atlanta Feb 2013 #9

I don't see why that is required for this to help Recursion Feb 2013 #10

And your idea is pretty much what that is nick of time Feb 2013 #11

I am drafting a letter for my (non-voting) Congresswoman. People who don't live in DC... Recursion Feb 2013 #12

taxation Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #14

If you don't mind nick of time Feb 2013 #15

No need for credit; I think this is a good idea and I'd love to see it implemented Recursion Feb 2013 #18

Thanks. nick of time Feb 2013 #19

Yes, good idea Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #13

I like that, too: start it, at least, as just a simplification rather than a requirement Recursion Feb 2013 #16

Isn't it amazing what honest and sane nick of time Feb 2013 #17

Unfortunately solutions hurt lobbyists of any stripe Recursion Feb 2013 #20

True. nick of time Feb 2013 #21

What gives the Federal governement the power to do that? hack89 Feb 2013 #22

Power to pre-clear people? The same thing that currently gives them power to clear them in real-time Recursion Feb 2013 #24

NICS is a requirement levied on FFLs hack89 Feb 2013 #32

The war on drugs is a taxation scheme, too Recursion Feb 2013 #33

Nearly all drug prosecutions are state prosecutions hack89 Feb 2013 #34

I like it, in principle kudzu22 Feb 2013 #23

No, it's not universal, but it's wider Recursion Feb 2013 #26

I agree it would be better kudzu22 Feb 2013 #30

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking of Recursion Feb 2013 #31

gun registration shouldn't scare gun owners any more than car registration scares car owners CreekDog Feb 2013 #27

I don't think it should either. Machine guns have been registered for 80 years... Recursion Feb 2013 #28

Good idea. Maybe it could be an optional add-on when renewing car registration, ecstatic Feb 2013 #29

As long as it is purely voluntary with no penalty for saying no. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #35

Right. There would still be a NICS system Recursion Feb 2013 #39

Might work Daninmo Feb 2013 #37

Sure, go to the ATF office in your neighborhood; elleng Feb 2013 #36

Hey, I have been shouting that from the rooftops Recursion Feb 2013 #38

And a CHAIR, with authority, elleng Feb 2013 #40

I agree nick of time Feb 2013 #41

Yes, and just edited post, with this: elleng Feb 2013 #42

Thanks. nick of time Feb 2013 #43

Same here Duckhunter935 Feb 2013 #47

Would that have stopped Lanza? galileoreloaded Feb 2013 #44

I've never thought mass shootings should be what we "aim" at, personally Recursion Feb 2013 #45

The answer is in fact no galileoreloaded Feb 2013 #48

Legislation is not a magic spell. Almost no matter what is done would not eliminate the risk TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #46

Brother, the events you are attempting to broad stroke galileoreloaded Feb 2013 #49