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LiberalGunNut™ here. I sure as hell don't want a national registry. As we slide further into fascism, you want a man like Trump knowing who has what?
And no, it really can't be enforced. Guys like me will obey the law and other won't, just as it is now.
We just got our first case law for just that - meet the Crumbleys.
I’m on board for safe storage laws and enforcement for those that break them, but it will be interesting seeing how this comes out from appeals, given the manslaughter charge.
This has always been my conundrum.
Do we give into the "sacrifice your liberty for safety" type thinking or do we see the actions of a man like Trump for what it really is: writing on the wall for something much worse to come.
One day it won't be a buffoon like Trump, it will be a calculated and intelligent person. It's not a conspiracy theory anymore, Trump showed us the cracks in the foundation, we can choose to ignore it whenever the guy in office wears a blue tie, or we can take note for whats to come.
But again, on one hand, kids dying isn't cool, but on the other, setting ourselves up for a potential systematic oppression also sounds pretty bad. We have enough systematic oppression as it is
Not to say Trump is my sole factor for having these beliefs, I've always tangled with the issues of safety and liberty when it comes to gun laws.
The thing is, kids dying is a cultural and social problem, not a gun problem. Mass shootings didn't start until the early 90s and they didn't really become "popular" until after Columbine. Mass shootings have been accessible and practical for far longer than that.
I want to stop then as much as the next person, but the source of the problem is the isolation and perceived injustice of a particular demographic within whom mass shootings are a popular form of lashing out. E.G. "They've made me feel small and impotent for too long! I'll show them how much of a man I really am!" Taking away the guns, even if it were practical, would just cause a shift in tactics (see: Toronto van attack).
We need to make these people feel valued and supported. We need to fix so many different aspects of our social services and economic landscape. The problems they're facing are the same problems a lot of other people are facing, so fixing them would lead to a better life for a huge pile of people.
Even without a registry, that makes selling it without a check a clear crime.
Now as long as the seller "doesn't know" the buyer can't pass a background, that gives them plausible deniability. Which has the unintended effect of sellers not even asking the name of the buyer.
If every "private seller" knew they were breaking the law, and there was a good chance they'd be prosecuted if caught, they'd be a lot more likely to follow the law and go thru a FFL.
We don't need to only do something that works 100% of the time, working 90% is still pretty good too...
That wouldn't be reliable to trace gun ownership history without the GOP-contested national gun registry. I'd even be for a "states' rights" solution similar to how vehicle ownership is tracked via the Title with the state's DMV. It will never be perfect, but "not perfect" shouldn't be the blocker of "any action at all".
We have that in Mich, for pistols anyway. Which is kinda surprising since this state is otherwise very pro-firearm (no waiting period, no mandatory safety stuff, etc)
Failure to update a transfer for a pistol in Michigan is a misdemeanor, so it's not that oppressive, just really annoying.
That'd be quite a bunch of bullshit if they did. Those should stay two separate laws with two separate punishments.
Most of us who private sale do not sell to people who don't have ccws, or aren't in good standing with the communities we all take part in. On top of that, criminals will not follow this law and those that do will just do what they already do. Straw purchases.
I have never witnessed any seller give any thought to wether the buy had a CCW or not.
I have. Multiple times.
It does seem like a reasonable cya for selling to some one but I've just never seen it happen. The attitude around me tends to be indifference at best and more often contempt for performing any inquiries into the buyer's eligibility.
Anecdotal, but I've read comments in the past exactly like OPs.
We really do need a registry.