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On Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:09:47 -0800 (PST), Tim
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Dick Durbin says- "Background checks will stop criminals from buying
weapons in the first place."

If they want to test the water on this, they could just open the
background check up to the public and see what response they get.
After all, if I want to sell a gun, nobody knows I have, to my
neighbor, compliance would be voluntary anyway.

Since when did following the law becomes "voluntary?"
Is that a gun nut precept?

Right now I have no way of submitting a background check even if I
wanted to. That is the loophole in the current law.

This brings up another issue. Is there a privacy issue of opening up
criminal and mental health records to any curious person who says he
might want to sell a gun to someone?
If you wanted to dig some dirt on your neighbor, just submit a
firearms background check. You could always say the sale fell through
after you got the information.

Plain ignorance there. A NICS check requires the purchaser to fill out
ATF form 4473. The only "dirt" that comes back from NICS is "Proceed,"
"Deny," or "Delay."
And if they require background checks on the federal level, they'll
probably use a version of California's example, where a trip to a FFL
and a NICS check are already required for ALL gun sales. It's a simple
matter of seller and buyer showing up at any FFL, filling out the form,
and the FFL runs the NICS check. The FFL charges 10 bucks.
There's only one problem with that. NRA and you gun nuts don't like it.
Because it makes you take responsibility for not selling your gun to a
criminal or crazy.
That removes criminals and crazy folks from you buyer pool.
Not good for sales.
Nothing to do with keeping guns away from criminals.
You gun nuts aren't fooling anybody except the gullible.
But checking all guns sales through NICS is a small part and won't
happen anyway. Need some more mass shootings and much more gun violence
to get folks irritated enough.
Might happen, might not. I suspect when and if decent folks gets fed up
with you gun nuts they will demand registration + NICS.