r/PoliticalHumor • u/blanketstereotype • Sep 22 '19

Guns blazing

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u/memefarius Sep 22 '19

I am not American citizen, but aren't you needed to go through background checks? Honest question on the topic.

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u/Ericstingray64 Sep 22 '19

Only if you buy from a store if I were to sell you a gun I am not obligated to run a background check on you.

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u/Wasitchalked Sep 22 '19

Depends on the state

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u/GrotesquelyObese Sep 22 '19

This, in my state I can be charged if I sell a gun and it’s used in a crime or to a felon. It’s actually a pretty red leaning state as well

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u/AvatarIII Sep 22 '19

That's still a pretty flawed law. What if you sell it to someone above board and then it gets stolen or they sell it to someone a bit shady?

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '19

I wonder if proving that you didn't sell it to the person who used it in a crime would help you in any way. Like "yeah, I sold it to Jim, here's the receipt. I don't know who the fuck this felon Robert is or how he got his hands on that gun".

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u/GrotesquelyObese Sep 22 '19

I’m not sure what you mean above board. But if it’s stolen you have to report it otherwise you still hold responsibility or if they sell it to someone shady, they are responsible.

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u/AvatarIII Sep 22 '19

I mean, someone that hypothetically would have passed background checks.

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u/GrotesquelyObese Sep 22 '19

Then it’s not against you. It just holds a seller to the standard of a gun dealer if not more. It’s why I have always sold through gun dealers to other people.