ban any fast-firing gun
What does this mean?
Full auto weapons are already.... basically impossible for an average citizen to own (cost of ownership is beyond affordable)
Semi auto (one trigger pull = one bullet) describes the vast majority of civilian owned firearms
they are only really made to kill.
Well yeah, it's a gun, all guns are made to kill
I don't get the people who say "yeah I support hunting and self defense, but you can't have x gun, those are only made to kill" like what are you going to hunt it defend with, something that doesn't kill?
probably some vows to the police force that you will not under any circumstance use this gun for harming of human beings
Is this actually supposed to be a legit solution?
I mean I'm all for background checks, but "do you promise to be a good boy?" isn't a viable background check
pistols are okay, honestly.
Are you aware that the vast majority of gun violence is committed with handguns? Rifles are really hyped as "killing machines" but if you look at come statistics, they only account for a tiny percentage of crime: more people are beaten to death with fists than shot to death by rifles
smaller, weaker non-lethal pistols that have like 1-3 shots per clip should be allowed in a public space for self defense.
Do you really think you're going to be able to hit a moving, fighting target when you're hyped up on adrenaline with only one shot?
Do you really think one shot is going to stop an attacker who's also hyped up on adrenaline?
How do you expect a non lethal weapon to be viable? "Ow, that hurt, ok I'll stop attacking you now :(" ?
Even trained police officers will dump an entire 10+ round mag into an attacker, because you need too make sure the threat is neutralized, not take one shot and pray for the best
You're talking about universal background checks? I was of the understanding that they're not in place, given the private sale loophole still exists?
Private sales only account for a tiny percentage of criminal gun use. Most purchases are black market, straw purchase, stolen, or legal purchase (they passed the background check)
Background checks aren't federally required for private sales, however:
Some states do require private sales to be done through a licensed dealer
Cross-state sales do have to be done through a dealer
It is still illegal if you were sell to a buyer that you know or suspect wouldn't pass the background check, were they to be given one
I have mixed feelings about universal background checks. I think it's fine for sales, but I don't think people should have to go through a ton of paperwork just to, say, loan their hunting rifle to their friends for a weekend hunting trip
