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In reply to the discussion: What is the worry in this group with universal background checks for private sales? [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)3. Something like 30 states already have them
        We've had it in Illinois for several years now with no outcry or big deal about it.  Check their FOID card, call the Illinois State Police special phone number or go to an FFL and pay a few bucks to check them out.
IMHO, for most people the issue isn't as much the UBC itself, but the Bloomberg promoted version of "UBC" that requires mandatory registration of all firearms with it and doesn't distinguish between a temporary loan to someone at the range or to your BiL for a weekend of upland bird hunting and permanently transferring/selling a gun to someone.
With that version, if I let a student use one of my revolvers in a class, I'm an instant felon.
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                        What is the worry in this group with universal background checks for private sales? [View all]
							Logical
							Dec 2015
							OP
                        
        
        I've loaned my Browning BPS pump to a friend for pheasant hunting for a weekend a couple of times.
        DonP
        Dec 2015
        #11
      
        
        The major objection is that it might lead to universal registration of guns as a means
        flamin lib
        Dec 2015
        #6
      
        
        "Theys commin to git my gunz!" A reasonable fear, as "they" did just that in California:
        friendly_iconoclast
        Dec 2015
        #10
      
        
        Also, aware gun owners now know that reassurances from controllers are patently false
        friendly_iconoclast
        Dec 2015
        #30
      
        
        There's one in this very thread saying, in essence: "You were lied to before, but I swear it won't..
        friendly_iconoclast
        Dec 2015
        #38
      
        
        Ignore documented historical evidence of mendacity and trust them? Fuck no...
        friendly_iconoclast
        Dec 2015
        #36
      
        
        Good points, But I own guns and have no worry at all who knows what I own and I don't care.....
        Logical
        Dec 2015
        #17
      
        
        It wouldn't work. The only way it can actually work is if you require registration, because
        Waldorf
        Dec 2015
        #22
      
        
        Good point. But isn't the initial purchaser known? Or are those records destroyed after the.....
        Logical
        Dec 2015
        #24
      
        
        Yes, the initial purchaser is know. All new firearms must go thru a licensed dealer.
        Waldorf
        Dec 2015
        #25
      
        
        Criminals get them stealing them, but the most common way I have read is thru straw purchases
        Waldorf
        Dec 2015
        #27
      
        
        I have no problem with it. The problem is you won't get it passed in this Congress.
        MohRokTah
        Dec 2015
        #31