• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    No. That wouldn’t happen in a gun store.

    You’d have to go to a gun show.

    Edit: a gun show is like comic con, only for guns.

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      11 hours ago

      I mean Terminator 1 takes place in 1984. As far a quick search goes, there were no background checks, no assault weapon ban, no waiting period, …etc

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      Private sales are private sales. Has nothing to do with gun shows, that shit is just ignorance from anti-2a groups/people. The pro2a people have been asking for access to the NICS for years. Even if we had to pay $10 for a BG check to come back as clear or not, but they don’t want that because it takes away from their wedge issue.

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        It’s required in Illinois to use a private seller portal for private sales through the state police site. It does some kind of check and it’s free to use.

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        even as a foreigner, it is clear to me that gun-wary Americans tend not to be anti-2a, but want background checks and gun limits. Maybe politicians fit your narrative, especially Democrats, but if you are talking about citizens you are likely straw-manning.

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          The point is that private sellers have been asking to access NICS (the background check system) but politicians, who are in charge of giving that access through laws, have not allowed it. It is not “strawmanning” to be talking about the people with the actual ability to provide the access.

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        but they don’t want that because it takes away from their wedge issue.

        Who is “they” in this case?

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      11 hours ago

      Except Comic Con is rare, and they don’t have to take down their “gun show this weekend!” signs here in Iowa because that’s every weekend, or so it seems.

      Agreed though. I was actually worried about what maga might do if Harris won, so I made my first purchases before the election. I had to provide ID, enter some personal identifiers into a website and be approved by a federal agency. It took an extra 30 minutes or so.

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        I live next to fairgrounds. Every Saturday: Gun and Knife Show.

        But I also remember working at a marina and where I saw far more transactions take place between two parked vehicles than anything that requires paperwork.