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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

This isn't a national thing. Each state has its own rules and regulations regarding firearms. What you had to do, no one has to do in many other states. There are states that don't require licensing at all, and states that don't require any certification at all. There is no consistency from one state to the next. It's one of the top reasons (not the only top reason - just one of them) why Chicago is always such a mess. Yes they have strict gun laws. But those laws don't mean a damned thing when the states right next to the city's borders, Indiana and Wisconsin, don't have strict gun laws. It's a half hour over the border, buy a gun -legally- there, drive back to the neighborhood and pop a cap in your enemy's head. Easy peasy, and cheaper than buying black market goods in town.


There exists no universal background check nationwide. That is what millions of Americans are fighting to get. We don't want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens. We just want some nationwide measure of accountability, to minimize the number of people who "shouldn't" have guns, having them anyway.

Wrong! There IS a background check on any firearm sold by a legal firearms dealer. And anyone that thinks you can stop a crazy from owning a firearm is sadly mistaken. Crazy is not determined by law enforcement. To do a proper background check it costs thousands of dollars, so that is not even practical. All they can do is a record check. Although, many states interview neighbors and associates when they do a check for CCW.