Refreshed from his taxpayer funded vacation, but brought to tears by the drama of his own presentation, President Obama presented his long awaited gun control measures. They were just vague enough to almost sound harmless. Almost, but not quite:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is making clear that it doesn’t matter where you conduct your business—from a store, at gun shows, or over the Internet: If you’re in the business of selling firearms, you must get a license and conduct background checks.
The ATF writes its own rules, and currently up in the air is the issue of how many guns can an individual sell and not be considered a "business." However, Freebeacon.com reports that “It can be as few as one or two depending upon the circumstances under which the person sells the gun" -- circumstances such as selling it/them in its/their original packaging. Tip: throw away the box before selling.
Anyway, the go-to guy for gun laws and statistics is John Lott. He says Obama could get what he wants through Congress if he would only include these common sense recommendations:
1) Don’t burden the gun buyers with the cost.
2) Fix the system so it stops falsely flagging law-abiding people.
3) Stop using background checks as de facto registration.
Here's a link to Lott's article: Obama’s Gun-Control Order Is Dictatorial, and It Won’t Work.
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