• mctoasterson@reddthat.com
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    7 months ago

    This is insane. They are trying to backdoor outlaw private sales without going through Congress. This should be challenged and thrown out.

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      7 months ago

      In other countries, we call this law common sense. Oh no, imagine having to actually check the person who is buying this gun isn’t a criminal?

      You can argue guns are for self defense and this law is needed, or you can argue guns should be banned.

      You can’t argue against both. Here in Australia, we mostly banned them, which is why the mass shootings in Australia page is so short after the laws took place

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      7 months ago

      You can still make the occasional private sale of your used firearm. What you can’t do is make a business out of it.

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        7 months ago

        As usual with these rule changes, the devil is in the details. From what I have seen it is hundreds to pages and creates a framework where there is a lot of discretion and subjectivity on the part of the ATF to charge people under the rule. There is no bright-line rule with regard to the number or frequency of transfers. It gives feds too broad of discretion to selectively apply criminal law. If you don’t believe me, look how ATF and DOJ have handled literally every other firearms related issue under this administration.