Private sales don’t require a background check in most states. NICS is not available to private sellers. It is a crime to knowingly sell to a felon or otherwise prohibited person. But if they don’t tell you, and the FBI refuses to let you check, you aren’t committing a crime.
We need private access to NICS. Buyers should be able to conduct a check on themselves, and provide sellers with the means to verify that check. With the means for private sellers to know their buyer’s status (without reliance on FFL dealers or other commercial entities), private sellers can be immediately prosecuted: “I didn’t know” is no longer exculpatory.
Unfortunately, every proposal for such a measure is quickly shut down by Democrats.
Democrats want “Universal” background checks, which are completely absurd: If cars had “Universal” checks, you’d need to go to the DMV before you could drive your buddy’s car home from a bar. Their regular efforts to promote UBCs while shutting down private access to NICS tells me their intention isn’t public safety, but harassment of gun owners.
Private sales don’t require a background check in most states. NICS is not available to private sellers. It is a crime to knowingly sell to a felon or otherwise prohibited person. But if they don’t tell you, and the FBI refuses to let you check, you aren’t committing a crime.
We need private access to NICS. Buyers should be able to conduct a check on themselves, and provide sellers with the means to verify that check. With the means for private sellers to know their buyer’s status (without reliance on FFL dealers or other commercial entities), private sellers can be immediately prosecuted: “I didn’t know” is no longer exculpatory.
Unfortunately, every proposal for such a measure is quickly shut down by Democrats.
Democrats want “Universal” background checks, which are completely absurd: If cars had “Universal” checks, you’d need to go to the DMV before you could drive your buddy’s car home from a bar. Their regular efforts to promote UBCs while shutting down private access to NICS tells me their intention isn’t public safety, but harassment of gun owners.