Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Truer words were never spoken. "They clamor for 'universal background checks,' but really want universal denials."

To the anti-gun zealots, the only thing wrong with "universal background checks" is that as things stand now, many Americans can pass them. That, clearly, is not acceptable to them.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Which is why they must continue to pass ever-restrictive laws to ensnare people so they can never legally own a firearm. One recent study concluded 40% of whites and 50% of blacks are arrested by the time they are 23 years old. Some crimes are misdemeanors which won't interfere with gun ownership, but more and more crimes are becoming felonies these days. Give it a few more years and the number of Americans who can comply with all requirements of gun ownership laws will be a small minority.

Anonymous said...

Since I've never been held in contempt of Congress, armed a Cartel, been complicate in the murder of a BP agent, taken cash to get Pardons for terrorists (FALN-Klinton) etc..I consider myself "cleaner" than Holder. I'll be damned if I'll give this man, or any Gov't entity, info on my weapons. Or ask "their" permission to carry. I can handle my own security and will not give up that right. Even if I had his huge, carbon spewing (a bone there for the hippies) armed thugs.
"Gun confiscation is your final destination? Fine, your place or mine?". As quoted from "Stuff Jefferson said, Vol IV".

Ed said...

First of all, either you are free man or woman or you are not, so I do not advocate any background checks of any type. If a convicted felon serves his or her term of imprisonment and is released, their voting rights (and eligibility to possess firearms) should be restored. If someone is not competent then why would they be making purchasing decisions as that can be considered as entering into a contract However, if there must be background checks, then I propose a revision in the system. Instead of a background check process where the FFL pays a fee to get the results of an inquiry, we instead have a freely accessible list of everyone who is ineligible (aka "prohibited person"), the reason why, and the government agency that placed the person on the list. The list would also have a workable process for removal from the list when there is an error. The list should be constantly maintained and accessible just like the list of eligible voters. Adjudicated incompetent or a convicted felon? Your name is removed from one list and placed on the other list. Rights restored or you are adjudicated competent? Your name is removed from one list and placed on the other list. Think of it as a system of a figurative scarlet 'P' on the forehead instead of Nathaniel Hawhtorne's fictional scarlet 'A'.