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Originally Posted by jhs5120
I am a second amendment supporter, but I think a few common sense laws would help the problem.
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I'm all in favor of common sense laws, but I don't think they would help the problem. Purchasing a gun should require paperwork and an id. Period. It doesn't matter if it's through a dealer or a private sale. I think that is common sense. However, I don't think it would help with the problem as the bad guys aren't going to comply with the law.
I work for a company with nearly 5 thousand employees. We have an active bulletin board at work where we are able to buy, sell and trade things - anything, just as long as it's legal. I recently traded a lever action rifle for a .40 caliber handgun. Although Texas law doesn't require any paperwork, we still completed our own transfer paperwork with each other's names, addresses, gun serial numbers, etc. Heck, I don't want a gun out there that was originally registered in my name to somebody I barely know. He probably felt the same way. If something ever happens, I can show the paperwork that I am lo longer owner of the gun that I swapped him.