...... No the laws do NOT prevent people like this from getting guns. That is the problem.
Exactly! (that's why I put "prevent" in parentheses) No law would or could prevent that ...unless the firearm is prevented from being manufactured in the first place. As long as the gun exists there is always the possibility that it could end up in the "wrong hands". Every firearm has a paper trail ...right up to the point that it is stolen or illegally transferred. I'm pretty sure that if the firearm is used in a crime, the last legal owner might have some explaining to do.
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The gun lobby worked very hard to ensure that all the checks can be circumvented with minimal or no effort.
1. What, specifically, did the gun lobby do to ensure this easy access to guns ...and why? How is it to the advantage of "big gun" to let crazies and criminals get guns so easily?
2. What, specifically, can be done to fix the problem deliberately created by the gun lobby?
I might be mistaken but I think your issues with the laws are here (in bold):
Q: To whom may an unlicensed person transfer firearms under the GCA?
A person may sell a firearm to an unlicensed resident of his State, if he does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law. A person may loan or rent a firearm to a resident of any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes, if he does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law. A person may sell or transfer a firearm to a licensee in any State. However, a firearm other than a curio or relic may not be transferred interstate to a licensed collector. [18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(d), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30]
Q: May an unlicensed person obtain ammunition from an out-of-State source?
Yes, provided he or she is not a person prohibited from possessing or receiving ammunition. [18 U.S.C. 922(g) and (n)]
I think you advocate some sort of psychological evaluation for each purchase or transfer?
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Exactly! (that's why I put "prevent" in parentheses) No law would or could prevent that ...unless the firearm is prevented from being manufactured in the first place. As long as the gun exists there is always the possibility that it could end up in the "wrong hands". Every firearm has a paper trail ...right up to the point that it is stolen or illegally transferred. I'm pretty sure that if the firearm is used in a crime, the last legal owner might have some explaining to do.
1. What, specifically, did the gun lobby do to ensure this easy access to guns ...and why? How is it to the advantage of "big gun" to let crazies and criminals get guns so easily?
2. What, specifically, can be done to fix the problem deliberately created by the gun lobby?
I might be mistaken but I think your issues with the laws are here (in bold):
Q: To whom may an unlicensed person transfer firearms under the GCA?
A person may sell a firearm to an unlicensed resident of his State, if he does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law. A person may loan or rent a firearm to a resident of any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes, if he does not know or have reasonable cause to believe the person is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under Federal law. A person may sell or transfer a firearm to a licensee in any State. However, a firearm other than a curio or relic may not be transferred interstate to a licensed collector.
[18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(d), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30]
Q: May an unlicensed person obtain ammunition from an out-of-State source?
Yes, provided he or she is not a person prohibited from possessing or receiving ammunition.
[18 U.S.C. 922(g) and (n)]
I think you advocate some sort of psychological evaluation for each purchase or transfer?
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