Lawful commerce still lawful
Since McNair was killed by someone who bought a gun without going through a licensed dealer, there is a push (and by push, I mean casual mention by one person picked up on by the press) to look at regulating person-to-person sales:
“You should not just be able to walk up and down the street and buy a gun,” said Sen. Thelma Harper.
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In Tennessee there is little regulation surrounding the private sale of guns, but age requirements and background checks are required in order to purchase a gun from a firearms dealer.
“A 20-year-old cannot make that purchase from a gun shop. They would be stopped by the gun dealer,” said Cavanaugh.
I don’t see the bill getting anywhere. And regulating all person-to-person transfers will create all kinds of problems for the law-abiding from, say, gifting a firearm to a family member or just selling one you don’t use anymore. More:
“Here we have one incident that is getting a lot of publicity, and is that a reason just to go out and change the law, just because of that once incident?” said Rep. Debra Maggart.
Well, that’s how gun controllers usually push their agenda.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
But the adultery and probable drunkeness by which McNair put himself in the “sittin’ duck” situation is part of his “personal life” that can’t be discussed. No, we gotta blame guns and law-abiding gunowners–yet again.
July 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pm
They already ban person-to-person in California for handguns even for Estate items, while Rifles are still ok. Tell them that they’re becoming like California and hopefully they will recoil in horror and back away!
July 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
@Ron: +1
July 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Well we can do what probably some of Thelma Harper’s constituents do. We can buy our guns from the back of a car in an alley, shoot somebody with it, and blame other people for it. It’s obvious that only criminals and thugs would put such a douche bag into public office. Sorry Thelma- you’re gonna have to wait for someone else to get shot before you try to advance your political career. Maybe then you can roll up on the scene with your press agent when they are wheeling the body away……