re: U.S. House just voted and passed bill on major new gun control laws; with eight Republican

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Isn't the background checks that already exist simply a way for the government to know who has a gun already anyway?

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The background check only tells them who initially bought the gun. Then after the background check Joe Blow can tell Uncle Sam he sold the gun to Bob from down the street, and there is nothing they can do to track it.

Not so any more with this new law.

She was the sole beneficiary of the will, so from what I understand, on paper she inherited them because I was not specifically named as the beneficiary of the firearms.

Basically they were all registered in my father's name. He passed and left my step mother as the sole beneficiary of his estate in his will. We don't have a family/succession issue as far has who the guns belong to. We never officially transferred them into my name. They were actually passed to me before he died and have been in my possession since.

It is something we have talked about doing, but it hasn't been a priority. She lives in another state so it is something that we have to plan to do and haven't.

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Instead, the legislation would expand the cases where a background check is required for the sale or transfer of a firearm by requiring checks for private individuals

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How would they know without a registry?

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does not create a firearms registry or other federal mechanisms for review.

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Oh. Not yet you mean.

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How would this bill affect people in my situation? Would we not be allowed to transfer the guns over?

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I am going to say you are guilty and look forward to an extended stay in a re-education camp.

Anyone who voted for this is ultimately for government control of firearm ownership. It’s meant to be subtle and the beginning of a registry and tightly controlled ownership requirements. A palatable foray into what they really want

Now apply the same process to other enumerated constitutionally protected rights like voting, speech, worship, assembly....

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When it says transfer, does that mean I can’t lend my neighbor my gun for a hunting trip without a background check? Or even my brother for that matter?

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Probably

Proof they have no idea how this works.


First they can person to person.

Then they push the registry.

Then they tax the frick out of you until you can't afford to keep them.

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The background check only tells them who initially bought the gun. Then after the background check Joe Blow can tell Uncle Sam he sold the gun to Bob from down the street, and there is nothing they can do to track it.

Not so any more with this new law.

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Admittedly, I did not know that. I guess this is one of those areas where I tend to be a little more moderate on. I firmly believe any American should be able to own a gun if they choose to but I also believe that with gun ownership comes great responsibility and if the government has a way of preventing someone with mental issues from owning one, then I'm not totally opposed to that. The stricter background law may be a step in that direction.

I'm smart enough to know, though, that the government could use that registry for just about anything else, too. And that bothers me.

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When the GOP had both House and Senate

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Easier to understand everything when you recognize the Uniparty for its true membership.

Conservative values have not held power in the legislature for many decades. The GOPe are Dems.