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People tend to focus on the background check as a useful tool in identifying people who should not own guns, and preventing them from purchasing guns through licensed dealers.
I've always argued against this practice because it serves to identify citizens who are seeking to own a weapon, since the forms are kept as a record by the Federal government.
Not having any interest in buying a gun, I never really looked into the requirements. When I did for the sake of informed debate, I also focused on the value (negligible IMO) of the Buyer's form: Part 1.
Did anyone notice that the Seller also fills a form out; Part 2? Or that Part 2 Section D requires the Seller to list the Make, Model, Serial Number, Type and Caliber of each weapons sold? This is also kept as a record by the Federal government.
This means that every time a person buys a gun from a licensed dealer, the government gets a record of the weapon(s) purchased!
Here I thought it was just a method to limit gun ownership, which was bad enough. Finding out they know who has what too? Makes me all the more opposed to Background checks.
I've always argued against this practice because it serves to identify citizens who are seeking to own a weapon, since the forms are kept as a record by the Federal government.
Not having any interest in buying a gun, I never really looked into the requirements. When I did for the sake of informed debate, I also focused on the value (negligible IMO) of the Buyer's form: Part 1.
Did anyone notice that the Seller also fills a form out; Part 2? Or that Part 2 Section D requires the Seller to list the Make, Model, Serial Number, Type and Caliber of each weapons sold? This is also kept as a record by the Federal government.
This means that every time a person buys a gun from a licensed dealer, the government gets a record of the weapon(s) purchased!
Here I thought it was just a method to limit gun ownership, which was bad enough. Finding out they know who has what too? Makes me all the more opposed to Background checks.