What is Your Position on Expanding Background Checks for Firearms?

All the laws in the world will not keep the criminals and maniacs from aquiring guns. It's not the gun, it's the person in control of the trigger. Bad guys never worry about a background check because they don't want the weapons they use to make a paper trail. Some bad guys make enough money doing their bad guy stuff to pay way more to have a weapon they can afford to throw away after they use it (thank gosh they all don't throw them away cuz it helps to catch them). A lot of the weapons used for bad things are registured and stollen from other legal owners, some in their own household. By the time the authorities find out where the gun came from, it's too late. One guy used a knife to stab and cut a bunch of people, they sell kitchen knives in Wal-mart, no ID, no questions. It's not the weapons, it's the mentality of the person who has controll of them. The USA has allowed help for the mentally ill to slide because of the "cost." What better way to spend our tax dollars than to spend it on citizens who are in need of help mentally. The prisons are full of criminals who have mental attitudes geared for crime and mayhem to create their lifestyle, I don't know what the percentages are exactly but they will probably never be back in society without having those tendencies and acting on them. There are some of the others that may be able to live with us but will still need help. Bottom line is; it's not the guns, it's the help that the USA can give to the people who need it. Crazy people do crazy things and criminal people do criminal things.

I say that as soon as we enforce the laws on the books to the fullest extent then we can talk about some new ones. Until that time, politicians can kick rocks because all they are really doing is playing you and me for votes.

I do not support expanded checks. I think a quick check for felonies and diagnosed mental illness resulting in a person being a danger to themselves and others is plenty.

Nothing will stop people from getting guns even when they aren't suppose to have them

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The problem isn't the people who are legally purchasing weapons. In the U.S. there are a lot of weapons sales that happen off the books, a lot of weapons change hands for many different reasons.
Personally filling out extra paperwork wouldn't bother me because I'm a legally abiding citizen...weapons sales don't just happen in a store so additional checks are unlikely to help curb someone who has other than honorable intentions.

If you are proponent of gun rights can you tell me where you are legally buying a weapon with no background check? Everyone I have ever bought I had to fill the form and have a check done. I also went under a much more rigorous process to get a conceal carry permit. One of the benefits of going through that level of scrutiny is I no longer have to go through it when I purchase a weapon. The check in FL can take up to three days. How much more time and scrutiny would be okay with you?

I am ok with background checks what worry's me most is how to go about the check how do i check that you can get this weapon. Some states issue pistol permits for that purpose. But some have talk about a national registry to make sure that the background check was done. I really have not seen a lot of how to's. Also a background check is only as good as the data that we have which we all Know is far below standard and must be improved before anything else on background checks. I do wish more law abiding people had and carried guns.

I am in favor.

First of, what qualifies as"mentally ill"? Simple depression affects millions of people, PTSD affects millions more; many of which wire the same uniform you do. Are you saying that these men and women were good enough to get fucked up but aren't good benign for a constitutionally guaranteed right? Serious mental illness like schizophrenia I could understand but being seasonally depressed or jumping at auto backfires does not a mental illness make. Secondly, what do you mean by"expand"? Expand to what; include your watch lists? That sounds good but who decides who gets on that list? The government? You really trust obama and God forbid Hilary to protect your rights? They could potentially list every veteran as a threat because of the training we've received. They've already got your address and DNA on file. Just let your mind wander around the playground of possibility that presents for some one bent on fucking over America. Expand background checks? Sounds good in theory but it's too vague a concept to be implemented in any way that works.... kind of like a"war on terror"

So we should ban alcohol to those with a DUI, food to the obese, ban swimming in the beach cause of sharks, etc..... Tightening laws will only affect those that follow them. In Chicago where I grew up, go see how many of the bad guys have a legally owned firearm. At least here in Florida where I'm at, I have a legal option to respond to those who would terrorize our way of life. " I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic"