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Good idea with tens of thousands of very angry people being put out of work.
They probably hope people will point those guns at each other instead of at them.
They might be right.
I wish I could disagree.
It's performative...
Bidens legislation was "let's hold dealers accountable for breaking this law" but dealers were already being held accountable anyways. If someone wants to buy a gun but can't pass a background, they buy one "used" and don't have to do it. Waaaaay easier than hoping a FFL will risk their license for you.
It was something that sounded good, but had at best a negligible effect.
trump did more for gun control than Biden, but the SC struck it down:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/14/politics/supreme-court-bump-stocks/index.html
trump fucking hates guns except for the ones carried by people under his command. I'm only surprised he hasn't went after the 3d lower loophole since that's what Luigi used
Dealers, by and large, were NOT being held accountable
and then...
https://www.thetrace.org/2021/05/atf-inspection-report-gun-store-ffl-violation/
If that sounds like a big deal to you...
You have no idea how many sales go thru an FFL daily in America.
You have no idea how many privates sales happen daily
Zero judgement for #2 tho, literally no one knows that, because it's untracked and without background checks except when handled state level by a few states
I should have clarified, my response was pointed.
I disagree with the above statement.