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On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:04:16 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 1 Nov 2014 12:15:27 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Sat, 01 Nov 2014 06:38:07 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/1/2014 1:18 AM, wrote:

Felons are unlikely to sign any kind of transfer form, that is the
express train to the slammer, so I am not sure that is even relevant.

Greg, you are therefore making the case *for* gun registration and the
tracking of sales/transfers.

Only if you believe the only people who sell guns would be willing to
make the buyer fill out the form.
BAO contended a while ago that most of the crime guns were stolen. It
is clear that they would never go through legal channels again. They
still move around.

I never said that. I said the opposite. Most gun crimes are done with
legally purchased guns. Stolen guns are a very small percentage.
You've mistaken me for Basskisser.

OK perhaps but what are you calling "gun crimes". Are you talking
about acquaintance killings or are you talking about drug killings,
robberies gone bad and gang violence?

BTW, despite your contention otherwise, some of the Columbine weapons
were illegally purchased at a Colorado gun show.

One in a row, what about the rest of them?
Didn't you just say "Most gun crimes are done with
legally purchased guns"

If you are just talking about nuts and people shooting the ones they
love, registration and background checks mean nothing.
Until they snap, they will be fine upstanding citizens who would pass
any background check and after they go on their shooting spree, there
is no problem figuring out who did it or what gun they used.

Gun registration does little in solving crimes; it reduces it.
Keeps the guns in the hands of fewer people.
Make it a big hassle to own a gun, and "marginal" people are less likely
to get their hands on one. Simple as that.

No, they are just more likely to get one from the gray/black market.
You are starting to sound like those people who want to quarantine
everyone because of ebola. You want to punish 40 million gun owners
because a few thousand of them killed someone and most of them were in
the underworld anyway, beyond the reach of these laws.

BTW who are the "marginal" people? Blacks and Latinos? (statistically
most likely to murder or be murdered)
You will be smoking a turd in liberal purgatory for that one.

That wasn't me! I said nothing about 'marginal' people. I'm guessing
the definition of marginal gun owners are those who use them to commit
crime - Amen.