GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

HotD, those kitchen table "dealers" may have to apply for a FFL, but odds are that they will be denied. That is unless the loosen the rules at the ATF. Like I said the ATF tried to do away with home based dealers.

As far as the slippery slope goes. I joined the Gabby Gifford group, Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC, some time ago. Well today less than 24 hours after Obummer was on the boob tube crying his eyes out, that group is already looking forward to what they can do next. I say that because of this snip from their email.


Gabby and Mark were proud to stand with the president as he outlined these executive actions yesterday -- action that will save lives.

Thank President Obama for his leadership on the issue of gun violence prevention.

What a terrific start to 2016. But we're just getting started.

All of our best,

The team at Americans for Responsible Solutions PAC

That's right they said nice start but we are just getting started. To me that reads gimme more gimme more gimme more.

I understood what you posted F.U.

If the kitchen table dealers don't meet licensing requirements, they can more easily be prosecuted if they continue to deal guns outs of their houses. I have no problem with that. If some of them can meet the requirements and become licensed dealers, I have no problem with that either.

In any case, there will be more licensed dealers after the Executive Actions go into effect. Some, not all, currently unlicensed dealers will become licensed under the new criteria. So, the pool of licensed dealers will in fact increase.

I'm sure the gun safety/control advocates want more than just the modest changes afforded by the new Executive Actions, F.U. They had bigger goals before the Executive Actions were proposed and they'll still have those bigger goals once the Executive Actions are put into effect.

The fact that they're grateful and enthusiastic about some positive movement for their cause doesn't represent a slippery slope to me. The Executive Actions don't make it any more likely that the government's gonna try to come grab your guns or force you to register them, in my opinion. They're simply measures to reduce and prevent some gun violence.

I think that objecting to change, even positive and moderate change, based on nothing but fear of future drastic change, puts one in a weak position.