killerfly128 wrote:I am sure I will catch flak for this but ... I have always been a supporter of closing the FTF sale "loophole" Too many dishonest buyers and sellers out there. It wont stop all gun sales to criminals, but it will stop quite a few.
Besides, this might be enough to quell the cry for more gun laws.
Are you an FFL by any chance?
The FTF isn't a loophole it is how a free society works. If I acquire something legally, I have the right to sell it to whomever I see fit. I personally prefer to sell to CHL holders only, but that is my choice and I don't need a nanny type government overseeing my private transactions.
The problem with this legislation is that it puts in place a framework to in the future change the definition of who is or is not mentally stable. The way it is proposed it would just eliminate those involuntarily committed. Fast forward 10 years from now and the laws in changed to include those voluntarily committed. Fast forward 10 years from that and the law is changed to include those who are been committed of crimes which are indicative of being mentally unstable, which includes the "crime" of owning more than 4 firearms of 10 boxes of ammo.
It is a slippery slope....