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no, not even close....we make the srgument that criminal activity should be stopped when the criminal is caught breaking the law and then punished. .
So you think the felon just out of jail for armed robbery should be able to buy his next gun for his next robbery,
no questions asked, and let the law deal with him after the fact of his next bank robbery.
Nope.....I gave you my actual solution put a tattoo on his shoulder...so anyone selling a gun can easily see he can't buy one. That actually works. And it doesn't require a universal background check. I have also said I don't mind current background checks. I oppose universal background checks because 1) they need universal gun registration to work 2) they will be bypassed the same way that current mandated, federal background checks can be bypassed, your felon just out of jail will steal a gun or get a friend or family member with a clean background to by the gun for him, or he will just by an already illegally acquired gun from another criminal.
I support current background checks because you guys want them...and I will give in to that much....but universal background checks go too far.....and are just as useless as current background checks.
And yes...the best way to stop him is to lock him up for a long time when you catch him the first time using a gun to commit a crime.
Again......put a tattoo on the shoulder of a convicted felon and then you will immediately know he can't have a gun.....he will never be able to buy a gun by himself ever again...not in a gun store, not at a gun show and not in a private sale.
And if someone sells a gun to a felon, as a single item....that should be a fine, not a crime...just like selling pot.