hey all,
well it appears that we'll have to live with and accept each others opposing positions on gun control measures or lack of control measures. we could go around in circles forever on this one.
my last comment on this would have to be: i think the proposals forwarded for gun control in the u.s. are entirely reasonable. i cannot for the life of me see why a background check on a persons character, mental illnesses or dodgy past is opposed! seems like so much common sense to me.
australia has strict gun controls and as of yet we haven't been over run by marauders. few guns in our community and i feel very very safe.
i may not agree with the pro gun position but you do indeed have the right to your own opinion... hopefully exhibited without malice directed at those who's opinions don't tally with yours.
The restrictions proposed would ban every gun in the country except bolt action rifles, a few shotguns, and revolvers over 6 shots, and you think that is reasonable?
As far as background checks go, the ones we have now, go unprosecuted when a criminal is found with one. The criminal is not going to go to the local PD and request a background check on his buddy riff raf. They are going to sell to each other quietly. All background checks really are, is a way to register law abiding citizens, ubless confiscation is the goal, the effort is expensive, and by definition, fruitless. Legally speaking, the background check can only be applied to the law abiding, because if it were applied to the criminal, it would be in violation of his fourth and fifth amendment rights, and therefore inadmissable against them. There is a Supreme court decision on that already.