Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Compromising with gun owners is the ONLY feasible path to passing meaningful gun control [View all]AndyS
(14,559 posts)Gunners have:
More guns than people in the US. Sixty-five times more guns than all the military and all the police forces in the country combined.
Legal protection for gun sellers, makers and distributors from civil suits. The only industry with such protection.
Unfettered access to guns without a background check. They're called 80% receivers and are available on the internet to ANYONE. Even a 13 year old can buy and assemble a gun kit.
'Must issue' licenses and concealed carry permits. No human intervention regardless of local and familial concerns.
Guaranteed purchase of a gun in 3 days even if the background check hasn't been completed by a system that doesn't even report all agencies to the background data base.
Over the counter retail access to military grade weaponry that can be easily and legally converted to emulate full auto machine guns. Bump stocks are on again/off again legal and auto-sear/forced-reset trigger assemblies haven't been addressed.
100 round magazines available over the internet with no background check to go with those converted full auto guns some of which were assembled from 80% receivers with no background check.
Thirteen states have 'constitutional carry' with no restrictions on concealed or open carry, many with no background checks or training.
Thirty eight states have 'stand your ground' laws allowing anyone who feels threatened to shoot another person without the responsibility to retreat if possible. Note the words feels threatened.
Those are just the highlights of what I'm supposed to compromise with. What do you want for a compromise? Let me just cut to the chase. To repeal the NFA entirely and allow full auto, sawed off shotguns, short barrel rifles (and any other gun that can be easily concealed and kill 49 and injure 53 like at the Pulse Nightclub) as well as various explosives.
I think I know you from a previous life. Someone here about 4 years ago promoted the same 'compromise' using identical language and identical rationalization. Back then we'd send out for pizza.