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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
I just don't see how you legally stop something like this or Sandy Hook.
If you had a national database of firearm purchases (sorta a registry but not really). Whenever you purchase a firearm from a dealer they run you and the firearm being purchased, serial number, etc (this already happens). Just simply store that information. Then as a way to make revenue have Police Departments or Licensed dealers act as agents in every private to private sale. Then enact some laws that if random Joe, that I sold a gun to, gets busted using it to commit a crime I face criminal charges as well if I didn't use a agent for the sale. Same for if its ever stolen and I don't report it.
That would cut down on gun related crime heavily by going after the black market on them. As I said I don't see a way you can stop a guy like the one in Vegas who had tons of resources at his disposal or one like Sandy Hook where the shooter actually murdered the gun owner before going on a rampage.
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Like a lot of laws and regulations states very greatly on gun laws. They are very lax here in Virginia. To sell a gun between private parties all the buyer needs is a valid I.D. showing they live in the state of Virginia. The seller doesn't even have to register the transfer. I sold a handgun to a trucker who contacted me through the gun trader I met in a MacDonald's parking lot to complete the transaction, perfectly legal here.
