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Bartholomew Roberts · February 17, 2018, 08:56 PM

Here's the thing. The reason they ended up "selling" their guns to the government in Australia is because those guns were registered. Expanding background checks without strong safeguards for privacy does the same thing here.

And as even Onward noted, no system is perfect. There will be mass shooters in the future no matter what kind of expanded background check is passed. And WHEN that happens, the antis are going to use it to pursue an Australia-type solution. For that matter, look at Australia. For how proudly they trumpet their solution, they are still forcing more restrictions on legal gun owners. There is literally no restriction you could agree to where they won't be back tomorrow asking for more.

Every new restriction is always "a good first step" as if the previous thousand steps never happened.

February 17, 2018, 08:56 PM	#28
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Here's the thing. The reason they ended up "selling" their guns to the government in Australia is because those guns were registered. Expanding background checks without strong safeguards for privacy does the same thing here. And as even Onward noted, no system is perfect. There will be mass shooters in the future no matter what kind of expanded background check is passed. And WHEN that happens, the antis are going to use it to pursue an Australia-type solution. For that matter, look at Australia. For how proudly they trumpet their solution, they are still forcing more restrictions on legal gun owners. There is literally no restriction you could agree to where they won't be back tomorrow asking for more. Every new restriction is always "a good first step" as if the previous thousand steps never happened.