So we need to figure out how to keep nutjobs who see Shrinks and are prescribed SSRIs from purchasing firearms in other ways ?The vast majority of FtoF transfers that take place in a Walmart parking lot never resulted in a shooting. If it weren't for deals like those, Amish folks wouldn't have any guns. Lot of folks do transactions that way, especially in rural areas.
Don't ask me how I know that.
The problem is… many/most states don’t really have a clue how many/what guns an individual has.
No, if you have a long criminal record then you belong in prison.
Gun show?
That they have any database at all is an affront to the 2nd.
I agree 100%. Thankfully at least here in MA the database is effectively worthless, by the admission of the Government itself.
Hopefully they have seized your weapons before. Else prison is going to get a lot more spicy...
The orientation towards guns in America is unhealthy. Take Switzerland, they have something quite similar to the 2nd Amendment but they stats are a tiny fraction. Their gun orientation is to stop invading armies. American's shoot trespassers, neighbours, they believe they need them everywhere for self defence, gun security is rarely followed, and so on and so on. So when the culture is so Laissez-faire with guns, saying "Prohibited Persons" is American speak for token gesture into trying to get to grips with guns.
In Austin the police don't respond to home burglaries. Its likely a bunch of his crimes aren't written down as they aren;t crimes in that city.
That depends on what city/town you live in. The STATE permit is issued by each individual police chief and you can’t shop around. You must live or own a business/property in the locale you apply through. Chiefs gave discretion beyond the standard requiments.
True. We don't have a gun problem, we have medical and judicial problem.
