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Sen. Cornyn, With NRA Blessing, Proposes Gun Background Checks
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<blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 2788147" data-attributes="member: 4235"><p>I would personally like to see the 4473/background check requirement eliminated. Aside from being a prior restraint on a right, it is extremely overbroad. It puts a burden on millions of people who aren't going to commit any violent crimes just to try to stop a tiny percent who are.</p><p></p><p>And then there is the issue that the categories of "prohibited persons" are themselves overbroad... for instance, the vast majority of convicted felons do not go on to commit violent crimes with a firearm, and in the first place, most of them are convicted of nonviolent, even victimless crimes. These are people who tend to be in demographics making them much more likely than most to themselves be victims of violent crime. I don't think it is right to deprive these people of their right to self defense/right to live for the rest of their lives.</p><p></p><p>And then there is the "fox guarding the henhouse" aspect to consider. The 2A is a check against governmental power. It exists to ensure the people's ability to revolt. In this light, it makes no sense to put the government in charge of who can and can't buy weapons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="henschman, post: 2788147, member: 4235"] I would personally like to see the 4473/background check requirement eliminated. Aside from being a prior restraint on a right, it is extremely overbroad. It puts a burden on millions of people who aren't going to commit any violent crimes just to try to stop a tiny percent who are. And then there is the issue that the categories of "prohibited persons" are themselves overbroad... for instance, the vast majority of convicted felons do not go on to commit violent crimes with a firearm, and in the first place, most of them are convicted of nonviolent, even victimless crimes. These are people who tend to be in demographics making them much more likely than most to themselves be victims of violent crime. I don't think it is right to deprive these people of their right to self defense/right to live for the rest of their lives. And then there is the "fox guarding the henhouse" aspect to consider. The 2A is a check against governmental power. It exists to ensure the people's ability to revolt. In this light, it makes no sense to put the government in charge of who can and can't buy weapons. [/QUOTE]
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