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by hillfighter
Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:52 pm
Forum: 2015 Legislative Session
Topic: SB 718 Introduced. Relating to firearm purchase permit.
Replies: 43
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Re: SB 718 Introduced. Relating to firearm purchase permit.

Pawpaw wrote:From the founding of this country until 198-something, there were no restrictions AT ALL to buying a weapon. Background checks have done nothing to enhance security or safety in all the decades they have been law.
Your estimate is off by 50 years if we're talking about military-style weapons and 20 years for hunting weapons. However, you're 100% correct that requiring a background check to purchase a firearm does nothing to enhance security or reduce crime, same as requiring a license to carry a handgun.

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