I have a question for you guys on the late Universal Background Check legislation.
I know the NRA waited and then came out against the legislation. I have heard Manchin, a man who is usually pretty damned reliable on gun rights, state straight out that the NRA lied about private transfers. From what I can see he is probably telling the truth. All that aside, I noticed a strain of resistance from the gun owning community that had nothing to do with private transfers or loaning your hunting rifle to a friend. The basis of their desire to see this legislation killed was that THEY didn't want to have the government doing a background check on THEIR purchases.
These are people who saw THEIR loophole being closed and didn't like it.
I have no sympathy for these guys. I have had a background check done on every single gun purchase I have made since it became the law of the land. Every. Single. One. I have even had to have the state police do a thorough background check on me so that I could obtain a firearm owners permit which is needed before getting a hunting license in this state. I don't even consider background checks (with the exception of private transfers between friends and family) to be a 2nd Amendment issue. The SC has held that background checks are not only permissible but that they are prudent. The state has the right to deny purchase of firearms to those deemed to have given up their right by virtue of illegal/violent activity.
So private transfers aside, am I the only gun owner in America who doesn't see a problem with making people go through the system to purchase a gun? I'm just curious.
Will