Gun Control & RKBA

Thank you for a reasoned debate. I don't necessarily agree with your conclusions, but I enjoyed reading them and following your research. I would be happy to see you visit our little gungeon again some time.

As for background checks, as one poster said, they are already the law for any guns bought from dealers (as I'm sure you know). It is the idea of forcing background checks on private sellers that tends to founder on the rocks of illogic. For example, Nevada has a universal background check initiative coming up for a vote that would effectively make it a crime to give your gun to a friend who does gunsmithing on the side for, say, a trigger job, or maybe some bluing, unless (a) he is a licensed gunsmith or (b) you are there at all times he has possession of the weapon. Another section basically prohibits loaning a weapon to a friend who is going target shooting, unless they are actually at an "established shooting range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located", or unless you are there as well. ( I guess no more target shooting out in the desert - NUTS!) Finally, there is a section on temporarily loaning a weapon to someone (not a family member) if it

"a) is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm; and
b) lasts only as long as immediately necessary to prevent such imminent death or great bodily harm."

Now, I'm not a lawyer, but reading this passage seems to indicate that unless you are actually there to hand them the weapon when the threat materializes, and to take it back as soon as the threat is neutralized, you have broken the law.

And this is considered to be an interim measure by many of those on the gun-control side of the argument.

Edited to add a link to the background initiative:

http://nvsos.gov/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=3440