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In reply to the discussion: Colorado passed all four gun control bills tonight [View all]sir pball
(4,741 posts)46. Bad analogy though
Highway department funding comes from the state but the BGC program is funded by charging the users. "We didn't do a lot of checks last year - sorry, the cost is up 20% this year." That would no doubt be part of the "indirect costs" in the bill.
It's a win-win...the program is self-strengthening insomuch as the more people who use it, the lower the cost to them and the more appealing it is versus an FFL, but if it isn't successful, the increased cost is still passed on to them. And if it's totally unused, there's no real cost beyond the training of a sheriff's deputy or whomever on how to call NICS.
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