vbnative73
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Per the attached proposal from the Brady bunch to the Obama transition team, they want to Require Gun Owners to Report Lost or Stolen Guns.
Here is the excerpt:
Federal law should require gun owners to report in a timely manner missing or stolen guns to federal authorities. This is needed to prevent gun owners from covering up sales to prohibited purchasers by later claiming – when those guns are traced to crime – that their guns were stolen. ATF has reported that in 88% of the firearms traced to crime, the purchaser of the gun is not the same person as the criminal from whom the gun is recovered. While some of these guns may have been stolen from gun owners, often they were sold in the criminal market. Without a reporting requirement, it is difficult to rebut a trafficker’s false claim that a gun was stolen.
I don't like it when one side disagrees with the idea of another just because it came from the other side. I personally couldn't find a reason to disagree with this one idea, so I'd like to hear what others out there think about it. Maybe there's an angle I missed.
Per the attached proposal from the Brady bunch to the Obama transition team, they want to Require Gun Owners to Report Lost or Stolen Guns.
Here is the excerpt:
Federal law should require gun owners to report in a timely manner missing or stolen guns to federal authorities. This is needed to prevent gun owners from covering up sales to prohibited purchasers by later claiming – when those guns are traced to crime – that their guns were stolen. ATF has reported that in 88% of the firearms traced to crime, the purchaser of the gun is not the same person as the criminal from whom the gun is recovered. While some of these guns may have been stolen from gun owners, often they were sold in the criminal market. Without a reporting requirement, it is difficult to rebut a trafficker’s false claim that a gun was stolen.
I don't like it when one side disagrees with the idea of another just because it came from the other side. I personally couldn't find a reason to disagree with this one idea, so I'd like to hear what others out there think about it. Maybe there's an angle I missed.