2aguy
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Not spinning it...telling the truth. Guns are legal products and we are not cops. Making us do the work of cops to sell a legal product is insane. Catch the felon who buys the gun....they know they can't own it or carry it....you can arrest them already without licensing gun owners...
And as Illinois shows...licensing does absolutely nothing to stop criminals from getting guns....because none of the shooters in Chicago....and we have had another bloody weekend, have Firearm Owner Identification CArds...do they?
I don't support Illinois gun regulations. But i can't let you slide if you sell a firearm to a Felon. You gotta go down. Sorry, but you knew the risks involved.
No...no you don't.....many gun owners buy a gun and then never keep up with the anti gun extremists and the laws they pass to specifically trip up law abiding gun owners. To them the gun is no different than a fishing rod or a computer or a car.
They are not a criminal for selling their gun....you guys want to make them into criminals...I want to arrest real criminals.
No one's tripping you up. You sold the firearm. It's on you. There are processes you can engage in to make sure the purchaser isn't a Felon. If you choose not to do due diligence, you could pay a hefty price.
Again...do you need to do the same thing for computers...do you think that children aren't harmed or murdered because a pedophile has access to an illegal computer?
What about cars...a person without a license to drive can still kill with your car if you sell it to him...right? And drunk drivers kill far more people than guns do...right?
We are not cops, and are not being paid to research the criminal history of people we know. You want to trip up law abiding people, I don't. Catch the criminals...don't make new ones who don't need to be made into criminals.
Again, Apples & Oranges. Just be very careful who you sell firearms to. You could be on the hook. And rightfully so.
And then you need to be on the hook for your car and your computer as well....since they are more destructive to life than guns.