Bigfoot
NRA
- Jul 20, 2011
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Having a law that requires every gun sold by a private citizen has to go through a licensed dealer is completely unenforceable. How will the ATF know if someone sells a gun if it is not handled through a dealer?
For one thing, the seller would be incintized to transfer the gun in front of a notory public, just like he would with a car, so that no liability would accrue to him in the event that the gun was used to commit a crime. Second, the range masters would check reistration and ID before allowing anyone to access the range. Third, law enforcement could check for registraion, in the event that they come across someone using a firearm, just like a game warden checks for a hunting and fishing license when he comes acroos someone doing either of those things. As for using a gun on your private land, if you live in the city limits of virtually any city in America, it is already illegal for you to fire a weapon within the city limits, except at licensed ranges.
Yeah, you want registration. That is exactly why people are fighting this.