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This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Killed With One of Its Guns.
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Im not American so excuse my lack of knowledge, but what sort of background check? Do you guys check stuff like criminal/mental history and whatnot? If so, does that mean that practically everyone of age who has no recorded mental health issues and/or criminal history can just work around with a gun?
I do know that you guys have systems in place, stuff like no same day purchases incase of revenge plotting or heat of the moment and stuff like that
This varies by state and even by city, but at a basic level yes you got it. Specifically they are looking for felonies on the record, people with misdemeanor charges usually retain their 2A rights.
Again varies by state, but somewhere like Indiana the background check is like a 30 minute process. You can browse the ammo selection while you wait for it to clear.
Okay so for indiana, you just get the gun after the 30min background check??
Also, what are 2A rights?
Yeah, pretty much. I have a friend in a state with very similar laws to Indiana. They had bought a DDM4 and was on the range with it later that day. There's only 13 states that mandate a waiting period.
2A just short for second amendment rights, part of US constitution that prevents the government from broadly restricting firearms access.
Felonies are the "big" charges (murder, arson, drug trafficking etc.) That's a scenario someone's second amendment can be restricted. Misdemeanor charges are lesser (petty theft, speeding ticket) and not something that would cause a restriction during background checks.
Edit- to get into the American mindset, invert your understanding of how it "should" work. In most of the world people have to earn a weapon license and prove their responsibility with it, if firearms are even available to the general public. In America everyone can have a gun by default until they've committed a crime that causes restriction on an individual basis.
The only federal thing is an online check to see if your name says you can't get a gun...
In a lot of states, there's no waiting period, or anything else. It takes me personally about an hour to walk in and out with a gun.
But if I just wanted a gun ASAP, I could contact someone on an online forum specific to my area and procure a gun in the same amount of time without telling anyone even my first name.
In fact, the way the laws are set up, a seller getting any info is more risky legally speaking. Some people ask for a state ID to prevent the gun crossing state lines, but many don't ask for that, because then they know the person's name and if they're a criminal a prosecutor may say they should have reasonably recognized the name.
Gun laws are essentially pointless because of that, however the solution is to close the loopholes not further de-regulation