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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I wonder why certain people are so averse to universal background checks. It's almost as though they're afraid someone will find out they've done something wrong.
Universal background checks, RE-classifying AR-15s as assault weapons (that's how they were, before they were DEclassified as assault weapons), and banning same-day sales of firearms at gun shows (because of the universal background check requirement) would be a good start.
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One argument I have heard is that they do not want to be "on a list" because the government will send agents out to "collect" their guns.
I don't buy it, but it was at least a reason I could understand some people feeling strongly about. There are studies in history that show one of the first steps of an autocrat is to take away peoples guns. Hence all the claims Obama was "coming for our guns" - even though more guns were sold under Obama than under Bush and no one ever reported having feds come take their guns away. Just saying.