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Originally Posted by MartinSE
Sorry, this shooter did not lie on the background check, Texas doesn’t require one. He just turned 18 and legally purchased 2 ar15s a day later and then killed 21 people.
It’s hard to enforce laws that don’t exist.
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Very few states require a
State conducted background check. The federal government DOES require a check on all firearms purchased from a licensed gun dealer. The federal law applies to all states and territories of the U.S. A state cannot preempt that requirement, only add to it.
What laws weren't enforced??? The murderer and the gun dealer both complied with federal law by completing federal form 4473. Apparently the murderer passed the background check as he was able to take possession of the firearms.
We have laws against robbery, rape, assault, drug dealing, murder and a whole slew of other illegal activity. How well are they preventing crime??? We have a severe violence problem in this country yet no one wants to address that. The politicians misdirect your attention by blaming the tool used by criminals instead of working on the real problem, because that would require them to actually work on something.