35 years of gun sales, showing gun control's unintended consequences

[melm00se]

13. Some of this is specious

and removes the stick necessary to ensure that the government does its job.

end online sales of guns and ammunition - online sales of guns....oooooooo....sounds scary BUT the reality is that if someone were to legally buy a gun online, the gun is delivered to a gun store in the state the purchaser resides. The purchaser must then go the normal background check before the gun can be delivered. Ammo sales, for the most part, are extremely expensive as shipping can drive the price of ammo beyond the price of local vendors. I just ran the numbers for 30 boxes of 12 gauge ammo and it added an additional 10% to the price.

close dangerous loopholes that currently allow stalkers, abusive partners, and some individuals convicted of assault or battery to buy and possess firearms - There is already a law in place making it illegal for people convicted of these offenses or subject to retraining orders.


The “Charleston loophole” - This was designed and implemented because there are folks who would suggest and implement intentional delays in an NICS check process as a backdoor method for gun control. There is no reason for a background check to take more than 20 minutes or so.


and prevent individuals who have been convicted of hate crimes from possessing firearms - again, there are laws that exist to prevent a convicted felon from buying, owning, possessing firearms. Can something be made more illegal?

We will incentivize states to enact licensing requirements for owning firearms - see Haynes v. United States which takes the teeth out of gun registration laws with 5th Amendment protections.


extreme risk protection order laws that allow courts to temporarily remove guns from the possession of those who are a danger to themselves or others. - Red flag laws are extremely dicey. See Caniglia v. Strom and before you comment about a right wing Supreme Court, this was a 9-0 decision.


We will pass legislation requiring that guns be safely stored in homes. - How will a law like this be enforced? Police checks? Does the fact that you own (or may own) a gun create a situation where you yield your 4th Amendment protections?