Bill,
I have to respond to some of this:
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None of the gun laws prevent criminals from getting guns. See crime statistics.
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No law prevent criminals from doing their deeds as by definition they are law breakers. Sorry, but this is just not a good argument.
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The [anti-gun] goal is cradle-to-grave registration of all guns.
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I agree but off topic. NICS checks are not registration.
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Government cannot exercise prior restraint on a right. That is, they cannot require you to get their approval to exercise a right. They can only deny rights for cause.
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Nuts and crooks have lost their rights to own a firearm. The NICs check is to show the seller that they have lost their rights and therefore he/she cannot sell to them legally.
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The sale, trade, or barter of private property is none of the government's business.
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Nice opinion but it ain't so. The government is in lots of our "private" transactions but that is another thread.
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Lastly, the government cannot "approve" the exercise of a right. They can only deny it for cause - such as a felon attempting to vote
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Which is what the NICS check does. Just like voter registration is in place to prevent fraud and illegals from voting.
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Rather than burden the citizens attempting to exercise their rights, increase the penalties for those prohibited persons who violate the law.
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That argument won't hold with the public because it happens after the damage is done and half the time the crooks get off because the prisons are crowded, the court is crowded and the plead out. Joe Citizen wants some crime prevention in there as well.