2aguy
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Whenever the anti-gun fanatics demand universal background checks, what they are essentially calling for is the prerequisites for gun confiscation....but not admitting to it.....
Something else that is important to note: California not only has universal background checks but gun registration requirements as well. This is because universal background checks cannot work with a registry.
Think about it: Universal checks are a mandate that every gun sale, private or retail, is to be preceded by a government check on the would-be buyer’s criminal history. The only way the government can know citizens are complying with such a universal framework is to know where every gun is at all times. Elsewise, citizens could be selling guns to neighbors, in alleys, or in parking lots, without the government’s knowledge.
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Universal background checks are simply unenforceable without a gun registry. And a registry is rife with problems, as it leads, historically speaking, to confiscatory action.
This is true whether one looks at world history to see how registration allowed Nazis to erase private gun ownership in the lead-up to World War II, how China’s pre-1949 Communists implemented gun registration that was used to disarm citizens during the Communist revolution, or how California’s universal background checks were complemented with registration, then confiscatory policies, at the state level.
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Something else that is important to note: California not only has universal background checks but gun registration requirements as well. This is because universal background checks cannot work with a registry.
Think about it: Universal checks are a mandate that every gun sale, private or retail, is to be preceded by a government check on the would-be buyer’s criminal history. The only way the government can know citizens are complying with such a universal framework is to know where every gun is at all times. Elsewise, citizens could be selling guns to neighbors, in alleys, or in parking lots, without the government’s knowledge.
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Universal background checks are simply unenforceable without a gun registry. And a registry is rife with problems, as it leads, historically speaking, to confiscatory action.
This is true whether one looks at world history to see how registration allowed Nazis to erase private gun ownership in the lead-up to World War II, how China’s pre-1949 Communists implemented gun registration that was used to disarm citizens during the Communist revolution, or how California’s universal background checks were complemented with registration, then confiscatory policies, at the state level.
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