Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Concealed Carry In Maine No Longer Requires A Permit [View all]deathrind
(1,786 posts)At least partially. You include several caveats in your reply such as "All sales through an FFL", "the vast majority of exhibitors at gun shows are FFLs" but all sales do not go thru and FFL. Firearm purchases from state to state are not uniform they are not as black and white as you suggest. I wish they were.
My initial reply to your reply was snarky and I apologize for that...but yours was as well so I think we are even. I appreciate the tone and information you provide above. I don't hunt but I do own a .45 and a Benelli Shotgun and I enjoy target shooting. I personally do not want to see firearms banned but if a ban did come down I would have no issue with it, the adage of a "few bad apples" really is true. There are lots of items I wish I could buy but certainly it is better for the greater good that one cannot buy them.
Fire arm purchases I feel should be heavily regulated. 5 day waiting periods (ex-girlfriend worked at a kmart sold a shotgun in the am and had police come in the pm because the guy shot someone not long after the buy.) Testing should be required. Licensing and tracking yearly as well. It should be difficult to get a gun not impossible but a person should have to show that they understand what it is they are getting into.
As for CCW... I don't think they should be allowed. If a person is willing to carry a gun they should be willing to show it.