02-03-2013, 06:21 PM
(02-02-2013, 08:08 PM)username Wrote: Granted I'm not following this near as closely as many of you but my take away has been I tend to agree with universal background checks and closing the private and gun show loopholes. I still agree with limiting the magazine capacities. Granted some gun owners can reload in seconds but I doubt that's true for all. I think it was Laughner that was stopped while attempting to reload. That just doesn't seem like to onerous a request for law abiding gun owners.
This is only partially true. He actually had completed the mag change and as he attempted to resume his killing spree the gun jammed.
Myself, more background checks wont effect me. Other than putting more $ in my pocket because private citizens will have to come to gun shops like ours and pay us to do the BG check for them. That fee right now ranges from 25 - 50 dollars, depending on what part of the country you are in. However I can see that price going up because of the extra work we as dealers will be taking on. It only takes a matter of minutes to do the actual call in, but then there is the forum 4473 that we must review, complete and file for the life of our business. That's a lot of files we will need to store and keep safe.
Now I can see where the average Joe will complain about having to spend the time and money doing a BG check when transferring ownership between friends, family members etc.