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MrFreedom
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Whenever I buy a firearm (and I can, no record, law-abiding citizen, CHL, etc...), I find myself getting angry when filling out that federal firearms form 4473 (or whatever it is).
I just cannot tolerate the feds telling us whether or not we are clear to buy guns. The states, maybe, but the feds? No way.
The 2nd Amendment implies a check and balance against tyranny in (federal) government. That the federal government watches over firearms purchases is sort of like the fox watching the hen house, in my opinion.
And the exclusionary reasons to bar someone from buying a gun are ludricous. If you're in jail or inside a psychiatric facility, then fine. If you're outside, then you must have paid your penance or gotten well, and I think you should be able to buy a firearm. Everyone deserves this freedom.
Frankly, I feel the only "proper" way to fill out this federal form is to take it to a shooting range, pin it up, and put a few holes in it.
It's time to get rid of NICS, ditch the Brady Bill, and let the states decide their own requirements.
Am I alone in feeling this way? Surely not.
Thoughts?
(And for you LEO's that answer "the law is the law". Well, the 2nd Amendment is the law, and you all took an oath to uphold the Constitution, but instead you break that oath by upholding lower contradictory laws instead.)
October, regardless of the restrictions, I say let them be meted out by the states and not the feds. Montana and New York have very different ideas on what gun laws work for them. Federal legislation works for neither.
Hey, Pat, I took that oath too when I served in the military. Just I can distinguish between a higher law written by James Madison over a lower contradictory law written by Frank Lautenberg. Sadly, LEO's enforce our laws in reverse hierarchy.
I just cannot tolerate the feds telling us whether or not we are clear to buy guns. The states, maybe, but the feds? No way.
The 2nd Amendment implies a check and balance against tyranny in (federal) government. That the federal government watches over firearms purchases is sort of like the fox watching the hen house, in my opinion.
And the exclusionary reasons to bar someone from buying a gun are ludricous. If you're in jail or inside a psychiatric facility, then fine. If you're outside, then you must have paid your penance or gotten well, and I think you should be able to buy a firearm. Everyone deserves this freedom.
Frankly, I feel the only "proper" way to fill out this federal form is to take it to a shooting range, pin it up, and put a few holes in it.
It's time to get rid of NICS, ditch the Brady Bill, and let the states decide their own requirements.
Am I alone in feeling this way? Surely not.
Thoughts?
(And for you LEO's that answer "the law is the law". Well, the 2nd Amendment is the law, and you all took an oath to uphold the Constitution, but instead you break that oath by upholding lower contradictory laws instead.)
October, regardless of the restrictions, I say let them be meted out by the states and not the feds. Montana and New York have very different ideas on what gun laws work for them. Federal legislation works for neither.
Hey, Pat, I took that oath too when I served in the military. Just I can distinguish between a higher law written by James Madison over a lower contradictory law written by Frank Lautenberg. Sadly, LEO's enforce our laws in reverse hierarchy.