• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The only federal thing is an online check to see if your name says you can’t get a gun…

    In a lot of states, there’s no waiting period, or anything else. It takes me personally about an hour to walk in and out with a gun.

    But if I just wanted a gun ASAP, I could contact someone on an online forum specific to my area and procure a gun in the same amount of time without telling anyone even my first name.

    In fact, the way the laws are set up, a seller getting any info is more risky legally speaking. Some people ask for a state ID to prevent the gun crossing state lines, but many don’t ask for that, because then they know the person’s name and if they’re a criminal a prosecutor may say they should have reasonably recognized the name.

    Gun laws are essentially pointless because of that, however the solution is to close the loopholes not further de-regulation