I’m all for gun control, not taking away arms completely. I lean right pretty heavily on most things, but I have to admit I found it pretty disturbing just how easy getting a gun is. Story time.
About a year ago my neighbor asked me and my dad If we wanted to go shoot automatic weapons at a local shooting range, he had a coupon for 4 people. So hell yeah lets do it. We walk in, get signed up and everything else, when I spot a Walther PPQ (big fan of this gun), so I showed my dad. Dad asked the guy how much is it. “$450” “Alright i’ll buy it, what do I have to do?” Guy handed us 2 papers to sign. We owned that gun in less than 8 minutes. No background check, nothing.
Fast forward a month, we go to a gun convention they were having, i’ll spare most of the details, but we walked in, and I found a gun I instantly wanted (Sig P320 9mm) so I asked my dad if he’d get it, dad also found a pink CZ for my mom. So we bought those. 2 papers later, total time of maybe 15 minutes? So we walk around a bit more, and I found a good deal on a Ruger AR-15. Well, less than 15 minutes later, I owned it. Not my dad, me. 19 at the time and I just walked up and bought the thing.
I personally thing that is ridiculous that it is that easy to obtain such things with little restrictions. I’m not saying to ban them, take them away or anything like that. But in my opinion you should need to undergo a federal background check, and perhaps as far as getting a psychological evaluation before being eligible for a firearm license. Sure, people can lie and fake it, but it would weed out some people, perhaps such as the Florida guy who apparently showed tell tale signs of being mentally ill.
And yeah, of course they can always obtain one illegally, but if they go through the legal process and fail at any point, that would give a red flag to law enforcement that this guy shouldn’t have a weapon and should possibly be looked into.
Idk I kinda ranted here a bit, i’ve been awake for 20 hours and I typed this on my phone. Hope it at least makes some sense.
