Consequential Infringement
As if Schumer, Waters, Bloomberg, Feinstein, et al. are not enough, now along comes Pennsylvania State Rep. Jamie Santora who wants to require that any gun transfer must be processed through an FFL (Federal Firearms Licensee) with all the attendant paperwork including NICS. Under Santora's plan, if you want to sell one of your guns to a lifelong friend whom you know has no malicious intent, you can't do it legally unless you feed the bureaucracy first.
Santora has missed something important; as AWR Hawkins points out:
It should be noted that the following individuals all submitted to background checks in order to acquire their guns:
- the NY bombing suspect (September 19, 2016)
- the UCLA gunman (June 1, 2016)
- the San Bernardino attackers (December 2, 2015)
- the Colorado Springs attacker (October 31, 2015)
- the Umpqua Community College attacker (October 1, 2015)
- Alison Parker’s attacker (August 26, 2015)
- the Lafayette movie theater attacker (July 23, 2015)
- the Chattanooga attacker (July 16, 2015)
- the alleged Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal attacker (Jun 17, 2015)
- the Muhammad Cartoon Contest attackers (May 3, 2014)
- the Las Vegas cop killers (June 9, 2015)
- the Santa Barbara attacker (May 23, 2014)
- the Fort Hood attacker (April 2, 2014)
- the Arapahoe High School attacker (December 13, 2013)
- the D.C. Navy Yard attacker (September 16, 2013)
Santora says his attempt to expand the frequency of background checks is “common sense.” Where have we heard that before?
Without a doubt, it would be more practical to require that an IQC (Intelligence Quotient Check) be given to prospective political candidates than to require any further expansion of NICS for prospective gun buyers.
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