The only reason we the people submitted to the idea of background checks was to inhibit those convicted of violent crimes and/or adjudicated mentally ill from purchasing firearms. But this was agreed to only if the background check data were volatile, i.e. the State was to erase the data after so many months/years had elapsed to insure that a gun registry record was not established. Look how far we have come. In NY, for example, you have to register thru a lengthy process just to own a pistol in your own home, and now the Congress and various State legislatures are attempting to establish such a registry. This is an executable offense, and we should make it clear to public officials exactly what we intend to do if they vote for such laws.
The battle rages on about whether this country wants to further restrict the availability of guns, the types of guns and the ammunition to be used in those guns. On one side is what is referred to as the Gun Nuts with the point being taken by the NRA. Then there are the Anti-Gun Nuts - you don’t hear that term do you? They are being led by many -- including our President -- who states he is just proposing “common sense” changes. Then there are those of us caught in the middle of a gun fight.
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