Bobster
.30-06
What I also don’t have a problem with, is expanded background checks, logical waiting periods, age limitations and verifiable red flag situations.
Let me try to enlighten you about "Universal Background Checks" which is what they are proposing. Maybe that is what you mean by "expanded". In many free states, you can give or sell a gun to someone else as long as it is legal for them to possess/own a gun (ie: of age, not a felon, from in-state). They call this the "Gun Show Loophole" but there are no loops or holes and also no paperwork required--the person hands you the cash--you hand the person the gun. As one who has done this dozens of times, I have always looked at their/offered my ID and checked the serial number of the gun online at a FL "Stolen Property" webpage for guns. Most guns I've sold I've even done a bill of sale and gave the buyer a copy. I turned one guy down because he was visiting from IL--sorry, not going to risk it. Everyone else has seemed decent. And many wiser people can tell when they are being lied to or when something just doesn't feel right. Even FFLs. If the person fills out the 4473 and passes the BGC, the FFL is obligated to sell/transfer the gun after the waiting period . If they smell like booze or pot they can be denied but the FFL can't just call the FBI on a hunch nor should he/she.
In a world with UBC, EVERY possession change of a firearm will require a 8873 be filled out, ID checked, wait period elapsed, background check done and fees paid. And what if computers are down? "Sorry, can't transfer the gun to you today." With Bidet's Dept. of "Justice" goons making it harder to get an FFL, the UBC may not be easily obtainable, especially with poorer folk. Those of us who know, know this is just a ploy to computerize/record EVERY firearms transaction for eventual registration, then confiscation. Call me paranoid but first prove me wrong...
As far as waiting periods, I don't believe in them and believe they are more likely to adversely affect a potential victim looking to arm herself from an immediate threat rather than keep some hothead from shooting up a restaurant or depressed from taking their own life. I DO believe in physician-assisted suicide and Dr. Kevorkian to be Bidet's personal physician...
IMO, FL has a decent system in that ANY waiting period is waived if you have a carry permit. Getting a permit requires a certain amount of training but a hunter education cert will count as will NRA classes or instructor cert. If you don't have the required training, you can always go to a gun show and take the 4-hour? class and "fire" a simulated weapon to get it. As an educator, I see the value and safety of training and believe one should take a basic "test" to get a "gun card" which will allow you to purchase any firearm. No records would be kept and if you lose the card you have to take the test again.
Red Flag Laws are too open to abuse, IMO. Our Senator, then Gubna, Cunt Scott knee-jerked a bunch of shit legislation down our throats after the MSD shooting, including RFL. The problem was the FBI and local sheriff clearly dropped the ball on the BGC because the shooter was known to be a wack. But honest gunowners were set to take the rap. Fortunately, the FL State Leg. is Republican-controlled and a lot of very BS amendments the Dumpos wanted were not included in the law. But higher age (21) was, as well as arming teachers but most schools boards are farking lib weinies and would rather waste taxpayer money on a Resource Officer who is actually a sworn sheriff. And they can only be in one place at a time. It could take them 10 minutes to get from one side of the campus to the other, then what? Not all teachers are progressive, and many really do care about the constitutionality of what they teach, and would also voluntarily carry a gun on campus.
Now imagine your weenie neighbor is tired of your dog shitting in his yard and he knows you have guns having seen you walk to the car with them. He could easily do a search on you (as I did), find out what kind of guns you have and so on. Then make an anonymous call to "red flag" you, your door gets kicked down and guns confiscated/tossed around by 5-0 and stored in a dank evidence locker until you can come up with the money for a lawyer and psychiatrist, etc. to prove your sanity. You can see I just did a simple search, nothing probing but imagine what someone that knows your full name and address could do?