Spartacus
Banned
So, it is impossible to do a check on a used gun? What if you had to do it through an FFL dealer? Would the new problem be the $20 fee?
Look, if I have to do the paperwork for a new one, why is it not the same for a used one? What is the REAL issue? I must be missing it...
The biggest problem would be compliance. How would you even begin to make private sellers and buyers go to a gun store to do their business? And which gun store would want the burden of the increased paperwork with no profit in sight? And can you imagine the volume of paperwork that would be necessary to record all private sale backround checks?
The logistics are insuperable. It cannot be done. Then you have the situation where the government would have to make non-compliance a crime which would make anyone who avoids private sale backround checks a felon.
The idea simply runs cross-purposes to the foundations of liberty and freedom we have come to expect in our gun culture. Sure, some percentage of private sale guns are used in crimes but that doesn't mean all sales should be banned or regulated. Thats like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.