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Related: About this forumPro-gun forces peddle bad info about background checks
I COULDN'T help but notice the long article from Kim Stolfer, president of Firearms Owners Against Crime, in the May 18 edition of the Daily News.
Stolfer argues against background checks for gun sales. The themes that emerged are pretty simple:
* Pennsylvania background checks aren't worth the expense and inconvenience.
* Background checks are an excuse for a gun registry.
* Just enforce the laws on the books.
As an active gun-rights advocate, Stolfer does his best to discredit background checks with 2014 statistics from the Pennsylvania Instant Check System, or PICS: 13,178 denials for purchase, 782 arrests and 367 criminals prosecuted. I am baffled; why this is a problem? Did we not keep guns out of the hands of at least 367 criminals, and many others who might have mental problems or protection from abuse orders? He mentions those who were "denied their constitutional rights" when many denials were subsequently overturned. So in Stolfer's opinion, it is more important not to inconvenience someone delayed getting a gun than denying people who would be truly dangerous with a deadly weapon in their hands.
http://articles.philly.com/2016-05-27/news/73368450_1_pennsylvania-instant-check-system-gun-registry-background-checks
Stolfer argues against background checks for gun sales. The themes that emerged are pretty simple:
* Pennsylvania background checks aren't worth the expense and inconvenience.
* Background checks are an excuse for a gun registry.
* Just enforce the laws on the books.
As an active gun-rights advocate, Stolfer does his best to discredit background checks with 2014 statistics from the Pennsylvania Instant Check System, or PICS: 13,178 denials for purchase, 782 arrests and 367 criminals prosecuted. I am baffled; why this is a problem? Did we not keep guns out of the hands of at least 367 criminals, and many others who might have mental problems or protection from abuse orders? He mentions those who were "denied their constitutional rights" when many denials were subsequently overturned. So in Stolfer's opinion, it is more important not to inconvenience someone delayed getting a gun than denying people who would be truly dangerous with a deadly weapon in their hands.
http://articles.philly.com/2016-05-27/news/73368450_1_pennsylvania-instant-check-system-gun-registry-background-checks
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Pro-gun forces peddle bad info about background checks (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jun 2016
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gejohnston
(17,502 posts)1. just thought I would copy and paste this
Kim Stolfer 10 days ago
Mr. Buglio is clueless as to what 'really' occurs with the PICS system and background checks. I have been involved with this process since this issue was nothing more than a legislative idea in 1992.
We have spent 120,000,000+ on the Pennsylvania Instant Checks system instead of prosecuting criminals with that money.
The NICS system would have caught the same people, as PICS, without paying through the nose twice (citizens pay to fund the NICS AND the PICS).
To Mr. Buglio: You THINK you know these issues?? Then set up a public debate and I'll debate you personally! Anywhere, any time!
For those who don't recognize me I am the author of the article being criticized above by this misinformed gun control advocate!
Mr. Buglio is clueless as to what 'really' occurs with the PICS system and background checks. I have been involved with this process since this issue was nothing more than a legislative idea in 1992.
We have spent 120,000,000+ on the Pennsylvania Instant Checks system instead of prosecuting criminals with that money.
The NICS system would have caught the same people, as PICS, without paying through the nose twice (citizens pay to fund the NICS AND the PICS).
To Mr. Buglio: You THINK you know these issues?? Then set up a public debate and I'll debate you personally! Anywhere, any time!
For those who don't recognize me I am the author of the article being criticized above by this misinformed gun control advocate!
ileus
(15,396 posts)2. You of course meant anti-gun forces peddle bad info about background checks.
pablo_marmol
(2,375 posts)3. This, from the liars that brought you the "gun show loophole" myth. NT
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)4. But "it's just a beginning!"