07-26-2015, 11:37 PM
I know I have said this before but background checks in theory would help they are really just a feel good thing.
For instance, a federal background check is not a requirement once a person has a permit to carry. The background check is conducted at the time the permit is applied for so no further checks are required. Now that's not a big deal until you get into states that have multiple year permits. For instance my state has a 5 year permit. So if a person clears the BG check and gets the permit he is good for 5 years. So, lets say they commit a crime and are convicted with a felony charge in the first year. Then lets say they are sentenced to 10 years. Well the way the jails are those 10 years actually end up being 3 years or less after good behavior comes into the situation. So they are released after those 3 years, put there old wallet back in their pocket and head out into society. They still have a permit that says it is good for a couple more years. They can go out and buy weapons using that permit to skirt the system and no one will be the wiser because the form 4473's do not get sent into the ATF. They simply are filed into the dealers filing cabinet for 20 years and then get disposed of.
So long story short a convicted felon can use the system against itself and still buy firearms and no one would know. Now that being said if all the states instated constitutional carry laws and did away with the permits to carry , everyone would then be forced to do a BG check at the time of the purchase. So in that case Constitutional carry would be a good thing for the people screaming for BG checks.
For instance, a federal background check is not a requirement once a person has a permit to carry. The background check is conducted at the time the permit is applied for so no further checks are required. Now that's not a big deal until you get into states that have multiple year permits. For instance my state has a 5 year permit. So if a person clears the BG check and gets the permit he is good for 5 years. So, lets say they commit a crime and are convicted with a felony charge in the first year. Then lets say they are sentenced to 10 years. Well the way the jails are those 10 years actually end up being 3 years or less after good behavior comes into the situation. So they are released after those 3 years, put there old wallet back in their pocket and head out into society. They still have a permit that says it is good for a couple more years. They can go out and buy weapons using that permit to skirt the system and no one will be the wiser because the form 4473's do not get sent into the ATF. They simply are filed into the dealers filing cabinet for 20 years and then get disposed of.
So long story short a convicted felon can use the system against itself and still buy firearms and no one would know. Now that being said if all the states instated constitutional carry laws and did away with the permits to carry , everyone would then be forced to do a BG check at the time of the purchase. So in that case Constitutional carry would be a good thing for the people screaming for BG checks.