Current Events > Trump tweets: we need background checks on guns

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wackyteen posted...

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I've purchased two firearms so far. The first one was rifle; I purchased it through the store's website. When it arrived at the store and I went to pick it up, I had to fill out a form and wait close to an hour for my information to be verified and so that I could leave with my purchase. My second was a handgun which I purchased from different store but basically had the same experience.

Boo fucking hoo

you had to wait an hour

We should find a way to streamline and optimize the existing background checks, not expand them.

I wonder how they're supposed to expand on the background check. Unless they're going to hire Google or Apple to flag a user's social media usage, no store is going to have access to that kind of info, much less would put in the effort to do that kind of check and hold up business.
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wackyteen posted...

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I've purchased two firearms so far. The first one was rifle; I purchased it through the store's website. When it arrived at the store and I went to pick it up, I had to fill out a form and wait close to an hour for my information to be verified and so that I could leave with my purchase. My second was a handgun which I purchased from different store but basically had the same experience.

Boo fucking hoo

you had to wait an hour

We should find a way to streamline and optimize the existing background checks, not expand them.

Shit, the city where I live, Until legislators changed it, you had to wait 3 days before you could pick up any weapon you purchased.
as far as streamlining, If we have a CCW, which is not actually needed to carry concealed, when purchasing a weapon, we bypass the background check.
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