• @[email protected]
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    911 months ago

    The reason you’re going to get more for a gun at a pawn shop or gun shop is because they’re going to resell them. The idea with a government initiative would be to decommission the guns.

    It’s my understanding that the term “gun show loophole” is used is because it was/is a common enough practice to meet at gun shows and sell as private sellers, thus bypassing the requirements for bg checks.

    I also realized now that I typed gun shop instead of gun show, so sorry if that caused confusion, I’m going to blame autocorrect.

    • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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      211 months ago

      The reason you’re going to get more for a gun at a pawn shop or gun shop is because they’re going to resell them. The idea with a government initiative would be to decommission the guns.

      Now you had all of that energy and resource that went into making the gun + the energy required to destroy it vs letting someone who actually wants it, and it mentally OK using. And what if it’s a historically significant firearm? Trying to destroy guns is not going to get firearms owners on your side.

      Opening up NICS so the average Joe selling private party can double check the person they’re buying it from would be a huge step forward. That’s a win win for both sides.

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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          -211 months ago

          I don’t think Australia ever had “the right to bear arms” which is why that won’t fly well.

          Plus Australia is an island. It’s a lot easier for that to work when your nearest neighbor is 100 miles away by boat

          • @LemmysMum
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            211 months ago

            I don’t think

            Should have stopped there. Better to have someone think you a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.

            • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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              -111 months ago

              Ok, Australia ever had “the right to bear arms” which is why that won’t fly well.

              Is that better for mr condescending? Do you have an actual response or are you just interesting in insults?

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                311 months ago

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