black_squirrel
New member
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2013
- Messages
- 41
- Reaction score
- 5
- Gender
- Male
- Political Leaning
- Undisclosed
In the USA, 12,000 people are murdered every year with firearms. A lot of these murders can be prevented.
Gun laws in the USA have loopholes. Background checks are not required for ALL firearm sales. For example they
often not apply to private sales. So criminals can easily obtain guns from a private seller. Moreover, gun laws
differ from state to state, which does not make sense. Strict laws for selling guns won't do much good if a
neighboring state has very lax gun laws.
To remedy this, it makes sense to
1. register ALL firearms
2. subject ALL sales to background checks
3. require ALL stolen guns to be reported
Most of the guns that are illegally possessed were once owned legally by someone. If law-abiding citizens
only sell guns to other people who can legally posses a gun, then criminals would have more difficulties
obtaining a gun. Any person who owns a gun legally, would think twice about selling a gun without a background check
would think twice because this gun could be tracked down to the him/her.
Gun laws in the USA have loopholes. Background checks are not required for ALL firearm sales. For example they
often not apply to private sales. So criminals can easily obtain guns from a private seller. Moreover, gun laws
differ from state to state, which does not make sense. Strict laws for selling guns won't do much good if a
neighboring state has very lax gun laws.
To remedy this, it makes sense to
1. register ALL firearms
2. subject ALL sales to background checks
3. require ALL stolen guns to be reported
Most of the guns that are illegally possessed were once owned legally by someone. If law-abiding citizens
only sell guns to other people who can legally posses a gun, then criminals would have more difficulties
obtaining a gun. Any person who owns a gun legally, would think twice about selling a gun without a background check
would think twice because this gun could be tracked down to the him/her.