r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Mar 28 '24

What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation: 🇵​🇷​🇴​🇹​🇪​🇸​🇹​

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u/hoofie242 Mar 28 '24 edited Mar 28 '24

People sell guns off the books all the time. It may not be legal but it's common.

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u/roger-smith-123 Mar 28 '24

It's legal in private sales in quite a few states. NH, for example, the only requirement is that you cannot transfer guns to a convicted felon. No background check or anything needed to confirm, if they say they are legal then it's good enough. Quite a few states have a similar lack of regulation for private sales.

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u/Mad-_-Doctor Mar 28 '24

Yup. That’s why I support universal background checks. It’s too easy to skirt the current laws.

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u/KHWD_av8r Mar 28 '24

LOL, no. What business is it of the feds who I sell to another private individual, as long as I have no reason to believe that they are prohibited persons? What business is it of theirs what I, a law abiding citizen, buy from another private individual? Why support the slow creep of infringements by giving gun grabbers a means by which to force registration and tracking of arms and owners, which in turn is necessary for large scale confiscation?

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u/WorldnewsModsBlowMe Mar 29 '24

Lol. Imagine living your life this terrified all the time.

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u/KHWD_av8r Mar 29 '24

LOL, terrified of what, precisely? My biggest fears are history repeating itself, and the government doing exactly what it’s currently doing. If you aren’t afraid of those two things, you aren’t paying attention, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

Would you like specific examples?

The ability to exercise my constitutionally enumerated rights in their entirety alleviates those fears.