You're missing the point of gun control laws.RPBrown wrote: ↑Fri Sep 06, 2019 2:35 pm Just sitting here thinking about Dan Patrick and his shift in 2a stance and was wondering why if someone is denied through NICS, due to a felony, mental issues or whatever reason, why cant the feds contact local LEO's to investigate the individual trying top buy a weapon? The dealer has all of the relevant information (or should have) on the paperwork.
The West Texas shooter supposedly tried to buy a gun from a dealer and was denied. This should have prompted at least an investigation into this guy if not been cause for an arrest for a felon attempting to purchase a firearm
Gun control laws were never intended to keep guns out of criminal hands. They have always been intended to keep good people from protecting themselves against bad people. The roots go back through history, before guns.
Why do you think Japanese peasants weren't allowed to own the same weapons as Samurai? Why do you think European peasants weren't allowed to own the same weapons as Knights? Never mind that few, if any, peasants or merchants could afford the same quality weapons. They had the numbers and could have defended themselves from EVIL if they had weapons, even if they were lower quality weapons. But power corrupts and those in power don't want good people to have effective tools to resist EVIL.