Gun control is always take from the law abiding. If there was some give to go along with the take, it would be an easier sell. Want universal background checks? Ok with me as long as silencers become readily available and un regulated.
They aren't silencers, they are suppressors. The only people that would be affected by my suggestions would be criminals trying to buy firearms and people trying to sell firearms to criminals.
Interestingly, one of the dates mentioned was 1986. That was the
Firearm Owners Protection Act which enacted protections for gun owners — prohibiting a national registry of dealer records, limiting ATF inspections to once per year (unless there are multiple infractions), softening what is defined as "engaging in the business" of selling firearms, and allowing licensed dealers to sell firearms at "gun shows" in their state. It also loosened regulations on the sale and transfer of ammunition.
Other dates left out of that list were
2003 - The Tiahrt Amendment which prohibited the ATF from publicly releasing data showing where criminals purchased their firearms and stipulated that only law enforcement officers or prosecutors could access such information.
2005 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act which prevent gun manufacturers from being named in federal or state civil suits by those who were victims of crimes involving guns made by that company.
I know I must be a traitor in many people's eyes and need my throat stepped on and a bayonet shoved in my face because I don't feel that felons, drug addicts, and the mentally unstable should be able to purchase fully automatic weapons, grenades, rocket launchers, and land minds out of the back of Popular Mechanics and have it delivered directly to their homes via the mail without anyone knowing it and allowing them to carry those things into a school zone. I mean, what could possibly happen? I know I sound like a crazy liberal for thinking that way. I must have been raised wrong.
I am not saying there aren't any stupid, useless, feel good gun control laws that only affect law abiding citizens. The assault weapons ban is a prime example. I am saying not all of them are bad and were effective and the majority of people in the country agree with me. We can't address crime in this country because people are so worried that it might result in another gun control law so we can't even study it. They prefer that crime continue and we throw everyone in jail after they committed the crime. Just give everyone a gun, that should solve the issue. People want to point out the shootings in Chicago but God forbid we actually try and figure out why it is happening. We want to take the easy way and blame it on the fact that its run by democrats rather than actually look at what is happening there because we might not like the reason. The reality is that it will have more to do with poverty, overcrowding, and history than guns but we don't want to deal with that either.
