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[BlazinSkatinAxel]

Ice T. would have bought it.

 

[rjinaz]

You can't buy the rifle from a business without a background check. Similarly, if i wanted to sell you my bottle of cold medicine.. you don't need ID.

This does not refute the point made.

 

[diehard]

You're missing the point in the juxtaposing of these two items - the government regulation of Sudafed in any context is asinine when weapons capable of mass death can be sold on the street corner.

Neither are regulated when it comes to private sales. I didn't juxtapose them, was just responding to the technicalities.

 

[malfcn]

Mandatory car registration and insurance.
Guns, rifles and shotguns..nothing.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

House Republican colleagues listened for several minutes to Stewart but did not debate the issue before defeating the bill with a voice vote.

And no one was surprised.

 

[pa22word]

I know a lot of people are going to lose their mind at the name "ak47", but the gun in question is effectively nothing more than a low caliber semiautomatic rifle with a name that scares you. In its legal state it's no different than simple varmint gun, effectively.

It's not the ak47 you see in movies where they blast a 30rnd magazine in a few seconds. Fully auto guns have been illegal for ages now.

I don't think it should be okay for gun stores to sell anything without a background check, I don't really have a problem with person to person transactions for something like a semiautomatic rifle. Would anyone in here be throwing a fit if the gun was a .306 hunting rifle being sold to Billy Bob by his buddy Joe Jim? I really doubt it. Majority of gun crimes are done with handguns, rifle kills are miniscule in the grand scheme of things.

It's the same silliness with regards to the asinine "assault" weapons ban.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

God, my state

At least you're not Texas.

Not going to lie I figured it was a Rupblication from the thread title.

 

[Earthbound64]

You actually need a permit to sell Lemonade on the street though, he can't just do that.

This.

Also, no background checks for the cookies? That's a big risk.

 

[Vilix]

That's how it is in most states. As a gun owner, I have no problem with requiring background checks. I'd like them to also have mandatory training, education, and having to meet safe storage requirements.

As a gun owner I agree with this. It's just a few dollars to run a background check. And it only takes a few seconds.

 

[woodchuck]

I know a lot of people are going to lose their mind at the name "ak47", but the gun in question is effectively nothing more than a low caliber semiautomatic rifle with a name that scares you. In its legal state it's no different than simple varmint gun, effectively.

It's not the ak47 you see in movies where they blast a 30rnd magazine in a few seconds. Fully auto guns have been illegal for ages now.

I don't think it should be okay for gun stores to sell anything without a background check, I don't really have a problem with person to person transactions for something like a semiautomatic rifle. Would anyone in here be throwing a fit if the gun was a .306 hunting rifle being sold to Billy Bob by his buddy Joe Jim? I really doubt it. Majority of gun crimes are done with handguns, rifle kills are miniscule in the grand scheme of things.

It's the same silliness with regards to the asinine "assault" weapons ban.

Yes I would be throwing the same fit if it was a hunting rifle.

I think any gun should require a background check, including hunting rifles. The purpose of a gun is to kill things. I'd like to have some regulations on those.

 

[Ekdrm2d1]

I know a lot of people are going to lose their mind at the name "ak47", but the gun in question is effectively nothing more than a low caliber semiautomatic rifle with a name that scares you. In its legal state it's no different than simple varmint gun, effectively.

It's not the ak47 you see in movies where they blast a 30rnd magazine in a few seconds. Fully auto guns have been illegal for ages now.

I don't think it should be okay for gun stores to sell anything without a background check, I don't really have a problem with person to person transactions for something like a semiautomatic rifle. Would anyone in here be throwing a fit if the gun was a .306 hunting rifle being sold to Billy Bob by his buddy Joe Jim? I really doubt it. Majority of gun crimes are done with handguns, rifle kills are miniscule in the grand scheme of things.

It's the same silliness with regards to the asinine "assault" weapons ban.

Same. I do have a problem with it.

A firearm is a firearm.

 

[Dazza]

You actually need a permit to sell Lemonade on the street though, he can't just do that.

Selling the gun is fine though, it's completely legal.

The funny part is he's almost certainly violating state health and food service guidelines in the selling of the lemonade.

The funny thing is, isn't the sale of lemonade and cookies technically illegal without a permit?

Funny/sadly he does because he was selling without a Transient Vendor License
aka Peddler's Permit

Well damn, that is example of horrendously screwed up priorities

 

[pa22word]

Yes I would be throwing the same fit if it was a hunting rifle.

I think any gun should require a background check, including hunting rifles. The purpose of a gun is to kill things. I'd like to have some regulations on those.

Yes, you would be throwing the same fit.

Yet, why did he use the ak47 as an example?

The answer is obvious: most people don't really care that two guys in the sticks are exchanging guns to go shoot some deer. You use the name of the same scary weapon they see brown people use in movies to shoot us soldiers with, even if it is not even close to being the same weapon? Suddenly you have those middle class white people in Tennessee getting uncomfortable, even if the tactics used are purely based on ignorance and fear. It's one of the reasons no one can have a genuine discussion on guns anymore--both sides resort to this stupid game of absurd hyperbole that doesn't address anything at all.

Personally as an advocate for gun control I don't think your solution is either logical as a response to gun violence (as rifles don't actually account for much) nor enforceable.

If you really want to actually effect something, ban person to person sales of ammunition and handguns entirely. Going after guys swapping hunting rifles is dumb and a waste of time.

 

[CrocMother]

I don't think it should be okay for gun stores to sell anything without a background check, I don't really have a problem with person to person transactions for something like a semiautomatic rifle. Would anyone in here be throwing a fit if the gun was a .306 hunting rifle being sold to Billy Bob by his buddy Joe Jim? I really doubt it. Majority of gun crimes are done with handguns, rifle kills are miniscule in the grand scheme of things.

It's the same silliness with regards to the asinine "assault" weapons ban.

I just don't understand this. Why bother with background checks at gun stores when someone can just buy a gun from a parking lot on craig's list?

 

[pa22word]

I just don't understand this. Why bother with background checks at gun stores when someone can just buy a gun from a parking lot on craig's list?

Because gun stores have a vested interest in moving product continuously and in mass bulk, p2p sales are generally one offs. Also, it's something that's actually both practical and enforceable.

You're never going to be able to stop people from casually exchanging guns. The culture is too ingrained at this point to stop. Going after something you can actually change rather than chasing hillbilly ghosts is something you can do to actually effect something rather than complain about to rake in national headlines and get free publicity.

Also , if you go after ammo you can really actually change something as ammo is perishable whereas a decent gun will last you effectively forever if you take care of it.

 

[Black Republican]

can i, a black man sell a AK47 on the sidewalk, Tennessee Gaf?