callmeslick wrote:Isaac, that boycott business works both ways. Increasing numbers of us(your fellow citizens) are now boycotting all states with lax laws around concealed carry, with a lot of folks boycotting all states which allow concealed carry whatsoever[1]. I'm ok with it being a state issue, but have utterly NO interest in making concealed carry the law of the land, and about 65% of the voting public agrees with me[2]. As for the ATF in general, they don't make the rules[3], Congress does, but they DO have the task of enforcement. Given the level of budget cutting they've been subjected to, coupled with Congress blocking a permanent head of the agency for over a decade now, one has no idea how well the extant regulations work[4]. Background check backlogs are a sick joke, as are inventory/records audits. There simply is no staff to handle that[5a]. We cannot have it both ways, whining about not needing new laws, while blocking enforcement of existing laws[5].
1. The average (above average in inelegance, of course...) democrat doesn't know anything about gun law and swarm to pro-gun states and get shocked when their co-workers post pics of their range day. I'm sure a small percentage are aware or just assume there are no gun laws in some states, but last I checked, "the people's republic of Austin" has plenty of Commiefornians and "pro-gun" fudds.
2. That's fine, but I'd make this comprise: If you want guns to be treated like cars, then I better be able to carry everywhere that's open to the public, meaning my CHL and DL are valid in all 50 states.
3. Did you just confuse "making rules" with "passing law"? The ATF writes half brained rules every year. And they do make rulings all the time without the oversight of congress. Like rules on what's considered a stock or a fore grip on after-market parts. Super important stuff like that saves millions of live /s
4. They'd save money by paying firearm instructors to give the general public free lessons. That would at least cut down on the number of accidents and treat firearm safety as an education problem rather than a criminal one. But as long as the left considers guns as killing machines they'll never take that route.
5. It's almost as if the left has to learn to trust the general public to do the right thing. Give gun owners new tools to work with, not new red tape. Trust gun owners to properly use the same systems FFLs use to green light people on sales. Make background check tools free, easier, and more available. Because whether you like it or not, we already have to trust people because the alternative method means being a helicopter parent and like you say "There simply is no staff to handle that"
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