To lawfully purchase a weapon from an FFL requires one to fill out Form 4473. This form attests that you have no criminal record, have no history of mental health issues, are not a fugitive from justice, etc. and that you are purchasing the firearm for yourself. Plus all the usual information including SSN, and show a valid picture ID. The FFL dealer then runs your information through NICS databases to see if there's anything in there that you have not disclosed.
It says right there at the top "WARNING: You may not receive a firearm if prohibited by Federal or State law. The information you provide will be used to determine whether you are prohibited under law from receiving a firearm. Certain violations of the Gun Control act, 18 USC Section 921, et. seq. are punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or up to a $250,000 fine.
When you sign for 4473, you are affirming that "I certify that my answers to Section A are true, correct, and complete...I also understand that making any false oral or written statement or exhibiting and false or misrepresented identification with respect to this transaction is a crime punishable as a felony under Federal law, and may also violate State and/or local law.
In localities requiring additional education certificates, etc. those must also be presented.
Sure except for all the Chicagoland locations--the City of Chicago proper might not be there, but the Chicago metro-area (aka Chicagoland), or as the Government calls it "Chicago Metropolitan Area Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicagoland_Counties.JPG) sure is well-represented:
Rank City 30 Chicago Heights, IL 26 East Chicago, IN 20 Harvey, IL 4 Gary, IN
And of course, the two Illinois cities here are subject to all the Illinois state laws, which are among the most restrictive in the country.
California, New Jersey, and Maryland are #1, #2, and #7 most restrictive (IL is #9). Those 4 states account for more than 1/3 of the list.
Rank City 30 Chicago Heights, IL 24 Desert Hot Springs, CA 23 Compton, CA 20 Harvey, IL 19 Bridgeton, NJ 14 Newark, NJ 13 Baltimore, MD 9 Trenton, NJ 6 Camden, NJ 1 East St. Louis, IL
People who are not allowed to have weapons (a smaller database than the one with all the people who are allowed to have weapons). How's that work again?
is a very simply mechanical machine. A barrel, a spring, a pin, a pair of levers (hammer, trigger). Automatic and semi-automatic weapons are 100+ years old, and can be made with common milling tools.
This is already the law. Private ownership of automatic weapons is very limited.
The National Firearms Act of 1934: The National Firearms Act of 1934 (“NFA”) imposes a tax on the making and transfer of machine guns and certain other weapons, as well as a special occupational tax on persons and entities engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing and dealing in those weapons. (The NFA distinguishes between “making” a weapon, and “manufacturing” a weapon. Only a registered NFA manufacturer can “manufacture” a machine gun; other persons who construct machine guns are “making” them, according to the NFA.2 ) As detailed below, the law also requires the registration of all machine guns. While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the underlying purpose of the law was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in machine guns and certain other weapons.3 Congress found these firearms pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, and the $200 making and transfer taxes were considered quite severe at the time and adequate to discourage or eliminate transfers in these firearms.4 The $200 tax has not changed since 1934.
As described below, in 1986, Congress enacted a much stricter law, banning the possession and transfer of all machine guns except machine guns manufactured prior to May 19, 1986, and machine guns possessed by or manufactured for governmental entities.
Registration of machine guns: The NFA requires anyone manufacturing, making, importing, or transferring a machine gun (or certain other weapons also regulated by the NFA) to register it with the Secretary of the Treasury.5 The NFA requires the Secretary to maintain a central registry of all of these weapons that are “not in the possession or under the control of the United States,” i.e., machine guns owned by state or local entities, as well as those legally owned by private persons, are included in the registry.6
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were somewhat higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks.
The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
- Make crime (any crime) commited with the help of guns (even if not a single shot has been fired) a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole. - Ban all military or quasi-military guns and make possession of said weapons a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole. - Make all forms of gun trafficking a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole. - Make all murders and sexual assaults committed with guns a crime punishable by the death penalty (since you guys love the death penalty almost as much as your guns). - Make sure all gun owners are registered, with a thorough (federal) background check and psychological evaluation beforehand, including a valid reason for gun ownership and respect all safety measures at all times (see hunters above). - Raise the funds allocated to law enforcement to make sure the largest cities are safe.
I can guarantee you that these measures would also drastically reduce the amount of criminal activity in the USA, as an added bonus.
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
Ok, a few more. Most of these cities exist under some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.
Top 30 Murder Capitals of America
Rank City 30 Chicago Heights, IL 29 Baton Rouge, LA 28 Buffalo, NY 27 Hattiesburg, MS 26 East Chicago, IN 25 Birmingham, AL 24 Desert Hot Springs, CA 23 Compton, CA 22 Myrtle Beach, SC 21 Fort Pierce, FL 20 Harvey, IL 19 Bridgeton, NJ 18 Flint, MI 17 Rocky Mount, NC 16 Pine Bluff, AR 15 Petersburg, VA 14 Newark, NJ 13 Baltimore, MD 12 Harrisburg, PA 11 Jackson, MS 10 Wilmington, DE 9 Trenton, NJ 8 Riviera Beach, FL 7 New Orleans, LA 6 Camden, NJ 5 Detroit, MI 4 Gary, IN 3 St. Louis, MO 2 Chester, PA 1 East St. Louis, IL
Have you ever bought a gun? Have you ever filled out Form 4473? Ever had the gun store clerk chat you up to see if you are "hinky"? Never heard of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), to which all legal firearms purchasers are subjected?
"The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, is all about saving lives and protecting people from harm—by not letting guns fall into the wrong hands. It also ensures the timely transfer of firearms to eligible gun buyers.
Mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 and launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998, NICS is used by Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to instantly determine whether a prospective buyer is eligible to buy firearms. Before ringing up the sale, cashiers call in a check to the FBI or to other designated agencies to ensure that each customer does not have a criminal record or isn’t otherwise ineligible to make a purchase. More than 100 million such checks have been made in the last decade, leading to more than 700,000 denials.
I walk into a licensed gun store and ask to buy a gun. What happens next?
You’ll have to complete Form 4473, which includes 16 questions relating to your background, drug use, and criminal history. The gun store will then contact NICS online or by phone and supply your answers plus your Social Security number.
What does the FBI look for in a background check?
Criminal and mental health history, dishonorable military discharges, immigration status, whether someone is under indictment, and drug use.
The most common reason for a gun purchase denial is a criminal conviction. Nearly 150,000 fugitives, 120,729 domestic offenders, and 109,875 unlawful drug users have been denied in the 17 years NICS has been online. For all the focus on mental health, the bar for denying someone on psychiatric grounds is very high, leading to relatively few rejections: Only 21,000 applicants have been denied because they were declared mentally unfit by a judge.
Where do those records come from?
To ascertain whether an applicant should be disqualified from owning a gun, the FBI draws from several databases: The Interstate Identification Index, a database of criminal history records; the National Crime Information Center, which includes information on people subject to orders of protection, or a restraining order; and the NICS Index, which includes illegal immigrants and those who’ve been involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
State and local police are not required to submit criminal-record data to the FBI, David Chipman, a former agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), noted in an interview with the Charlotte Observer. Reporting “varies widely based on the practices of the individual departments. The smaller the town, the worse the records.”
NICS also consults medical records submitted by each state. According to a 2013 congressional report, these records can show whether someone has been “adjudicated as a mental defective” by a “court, board, commission, or other lawful authority,” or has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution — both circumstances would bar someone from purchasing a firearm. However, federal law does not require states to forward mental health records to NICS, and some states are resistant, citing privacy laws.
Is NICS the only background check available to law enforcement?
No. In addition to NICS, states can also run their own background checks, which query local databases, but only 21 choose to do so. “When a state relies on NICS, they’re not getting the full picture,” Mike McLively, a staff attorney at Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, told the Charlotte Observer last year. “State databases include arrest records, mental health records. You’re
That's ok, neither did Bernie Sanders this morning. Idiots love company, I guess.
The same people who will jump up and down today screaming "Don't judge all Muslims by the bad apples." will never ever make the analogous statement "Don't judge all gun owners by the bad apples."
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were somewhat higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks.
The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
If we focused on eliminating the actual criminal gang element, we'd have European-level murder rates.
The countdown for the Top 30 Murder Capitals of America:
Rank City 30 Chicago Heights, IL 29 Baton Rouge, LA 28 Buffalo, NY 27 Hattiesburg, MS 26 East Chicago, IN 25 Birmingham, AL 24 Desert Hot Springs, CA 23 Compton, CA 22 Myrtle Beach, SC 21 Fort Pierce, FL 20 Harvey, IL 19 Bridgeton, NJ 18 Flint, MI 17 Rocky Mount, NC 16 Pine Bluff, AR 15 Petersburg, VA 14 Newark, NJ 13 Baltimore, MD 12 Harrisburg, PA 11 Jackson, MS 10 Wilmington, DE 9 Trenton, NJ 8 Riviera Beach, FL 7 New Orleans, LA 6 Camden, NJ 5 Detroit, MI 4 Gary, IN 3 St. Louis, MO 2 Chester, PA 1 East St. Louis, IL
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were slightly higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks. The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
It seems that what we really need is a bunch of new laws that will make it very very very illegal to commit suicide. With double penalties for committing suicide with a gun.
Economists are virtually unanimous in concluding that rent controls are destructive. In a 1990 poll of 464 economists published in the May 1992 issue of the American Economic Review, 93 percent of U.S. respondents agreed, either completely or with provisos, that âoea ceiling on rents reduces the quantity and quality of housing available.â1 Similarly, another study reported that more than 95 percent of the Canadian economists polled agreed with the statement.2 The agreement cuts across the usual political spectrum, ranging all the way from Nobel Prize winners milton friedman and friedrich hayek on the âoerightâ to their fellow Nobel laureate gunnar myrdal, an important architect of the Swedish Labor Partyâ(TM)s welfare state, on the âoeleft.â Myrdal stated, âoeRent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by governments lacking courage and vision.â3 His fellow Swedish economist (and socialist) Assar Lindbeck asserted, âoeIn many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a cityâ"except for bombing.â4
The Alaska Permanent Fund citizen's dividend pays about $500-$2000 per year (amount varies by year based on a funding formula, e.g. 2012 paid $878, but 2015 paid $2072) to eligible citizens. This is largely funded by oil royalties and profitable investments made by the Fund (which has about $54B in accumulated assets).
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance. 4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels. 5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly. 6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. 7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan. 8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture. 9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country. 10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c, &c.
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Again, we already do that.
To lawfully purchase a weapon from an FFL requires one to fill out Form 4473. This form attests that you have no criminal record, have no history of mental health issues, are not a fugitive from justice, etc. and that you are purchasing the firearm for yourself. Plus all the usual information including SSN, and show a valid picture ID. The FFL dealer then runs your information through NICS databases to see if there's anything in there that you have not disclosed.
It says right there at the top "WARNING: You may not receive a firearm if prohibited by Federal or State law. The information you provide will be used to determine whether you are prohibited under law from receiving a firearm. Certain violations of the Gun Control act, 18 USC Section 921, et. seq. are punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and/or up to a $250,000 fine.
When you sign for 4473, you are affirming that "I certify that my answers to Section A are true, correct, and complete...I also understand that making any false oral or written statement or exhibiting and false or misrepresented identification with respect to this transaction is a crime punishable as a felony under Federal law, and may also violate State and/or local law.
In localities requiring additional education certificates, etc. those must also be presented.
So, we already have what you're advocating.
Sure except for all the Chicagoland locations--the City of Chicago proper might not be there, but the Chicago metro-area (aka Chicagoland), or as the Government calls it "Chicago Metropolitan Area Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, IL-IN-WI CSA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chicagoland_Counties.JPG) sure is well-represented:
Rank City
30 Chicago Heights, IL
26 East Chicago, IN
20 Harvey, IL
4 Gary, IN
And of course, the two Illinois cities here are subject to all the Illinois state laws, which are among the most restrictive in the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
California, New Jersey, and Maryland are #1, #2, and #7 most restrictive (IL is #9). Those 4 states account for more than 1/3 of the list.
Rank City
30 Chicago Heights, IL
24 Desert Hot Springs, CA
23 Compton, CA
20 Harvey, IL
19 Bridgeton, NJ
14 Newark, NJ
13 Baltimore, MD
9 Trenton, NJ
6 Camden, NJ
1 East St. Louis, IL
People who are not allowed to have weapons (a smaller database than the one with all the people who are allowed to have weapons). How's that work again?
is a very simply mechanical machine. A barrel, a spring, a pin, a pair of levers (hammer, trigger). Automatic and semi-automatic weapons are 100+ years old, and can be made with common milling tools.
"Islamic Terrorism" (or was it under the name of "Mental Illness"
This is already the law. Private ownership of automatic weapons is very limited.
The National Firearms Act of 1934: The National Firearms Act of 1934 (“NFA”) imposes a tax on the making and transfer of machine guns and certain other weapons, as well as a special occupational tax on persons and entities engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing and dealing in those weapons. (The NFA distinguishes between “making” a weapon, and “manufacturing” a weapon. Only a registered NFA manufacturer can “manufacture” a machine gun; other persons who construct machine guns are “making” them, according to the NFA.2 ) As detailed below, the law also requires the registration of all machine guns.
While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the underlying purpose of the law was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in machine guns and certain other weapons.3 Congress found these firearms pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, and the $200 making and transfer taxes were considered quite severe at the time and adequate to discourage or eliminate transfers in these firearms.4 The $200 tax has not changed since 1934.
As described below, in 1986, Congress enacted a much stricter law, banning the possession and transfer of all machine guns except machine guns manufactured prior to May 19, 1986, and machine guns possessed by or manufactured for governmental entities.
Registration of machine guns: The NFA requires anyone manufacturing, making, importing, or transferring a machine gun (or certain other weapons also regulated by the NFA) to register it with the Secretary of the Treasury.5 The NFA requires the Secretary to maintain a central registry of all of these weapons that are “not in the possession or under the control of the United States,” i.e., machine guns owned by state or local entities, as well as those legally owned by private persons, are included in the registry.6
http://smartgunlaws.org/federa...
Very few people have been killed by legally owned (civilian-owned) automatic weapons in the last 50 years or so.
I posted this above, but repetition of facts is how we learn, right?
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...
In 2013, there were 5723 murders recorded in the FBI stats.
https://www.nationalgangcenter...
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were somewhat higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks.
The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
After 6 months:
- Make crime (any crime) commited with the help of guns (even if not a single shot has been fired) a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole.
- Ban all military or quasi-military guns and make possession of said weapons a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole.
- Make all forms of gun trafficking a crime punishable by life in prison, without the possibility of parole.
- Make all murders and sexual assaults committed with guns a crime punishable by the death penalty (since you guys love the death penalty almost as much as your guns).
- Make sure all gun owners are registered, with a thorough (federal) background check and psychological evaluation beforehand, including a valid reason for gun ownership and respect all safety measures at all times (see hunters above).
- Raise the funds allocated to law enforcement to make sure the largest cities are safe.
I can guarantee you that these measures would also drastically reduce the amount of criminal activity in the USA, as an added bonus.
Seriously, though, pretty much everyone on earth realizes that private gun ownership is a bad idea. Except for the United States of America. It's time to wake up and smell the coffee. A good example of this is Canada, as simply crossing the border makes you immediately safer from guns.
Once you have done that, we can start talking about the metric system.
Why wait? Why do you need to ban guns and confiscate them first? Just pass these laws and everything would take care of itself, right?
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
Ok, a few more. Most of these cities exist under some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.
Top 30 Murder Capitals of America
Rank City
30 Chicago Heights, IL
29 Baton Rouge, LA
28 Buffalo, NY
27 Hattiesburg, MS
26 East Chicago, IN
25 Birmingham, AL
24 Desert Hot Springs, CA
23 Compton, CA
22 Myrtle Beach, SC
21 Fort Pierce, FL
20 Harvey, IL
19 Bridgeton, NJ
18 Flint, MI
17 Rocky Mount, NC
16 Pine Bluff, AR
15 Petersburg, VA
14 Newark, NJ
13 Baltimore, MD
12 Harrisburg, PA
11 Jackson, MS
10 Wilmington, DE
9 Trenton, NJ
8 Riviera Beach, FL
7 New Orleans, LA
6 Camden, NJ
5 Detroit, MI
4 Gary, IN
3 St. Louis, MO
2 Chester, PA
1 East St. Louis, IL
Idiots abound.
Have you ever bought a gun? Have you ever filled out Form 4473? Ever had the gun store clerk chat you up to see if you are "hinky"? Never heard of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), to which all legal firearms purchasers are subjected?
"The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS, is all about saving lives and protecting people from harm—by not letting guns fall into the wrong hands. It also ensures the timely transfer of firearms to eligible gun buyers.
Mandated by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 and launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998, NICS is used by Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) to instantly determine whether a prospective buyer is eligible to buy firearms. Before ringing up the sale, cashiers call in a check to the FBI or to other designated agencies to ensure that each customer does not have a criminal record or isn’t otherwise ineligible to make a purchase. More than 100 million such checks have been made in the last decade, leading to more than 700,000 denials.
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...
I walk into a licensed gun store and ask to buy a gun. What happens next?
You’ll have to complete Form 4473, which includes 16 questions relating to your background, drug use, and criminal history. The gun store will then contact NICS online or by phone and supply your answers plus your Social Security number.
What does the FBI look for in a background check?
Criminal and mental health history, dishonorable military discharges, immigration status, whether someone is under indictment, and drug use.
The most common reason for a gun purchase denial is a criminal conviction. Nearly 150,000 fugitives, 120,729 domestic offenders, and 109,875 unlawful drug users have been denied in the 17 years NICS has been online. For all the focus on mental health, the bar for denying someone on psychiatric grounds is very high, leading to relatively few rejections: Only 21,000 applicants have been denied because they were declared mentally unfit by a judge.
Where do those records come from?
To ascertain whether an applicant should be disqualified from owning a gun, the FBI draws from several databases: The Interstate Identification Index, a database of criminal history records; the National Crime Information Center, which includes information on people subject to orders of protection, or a restraining order; and the NICS Index, which includes illegal immigrants and those who’ve been involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
State and local police are not required to submit criminal-record data to the FBI, David Chipman, a former agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), noted in an interview with the Charlotte Observer. Reporting “varies widely based on the practices of the individual departments. The smaller the town, the worse the records.”
NICS also consults medical records submitted by each state. According to a 2013 congressional report, these records can show whether someone has been “adjudicated as a mental defective” by a “court, board, commission, or other lawful authority,” or has been involuntarily committed to a mental institution — both circumstances would bar someone from purchasing a firearm. However, federal law does not require states to forward mental health records to NICS, and some states are resistant, citing privacy laws.
Is NICS the only background check available to law enforcement?
No. In addition to NICS, states can also run their own background checks, which query local databases, but only 21 choose to do so. “When a state relies on NICS, they’re not getting the full picture,” Mike McLively, a staff attorney at Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, told the Charlotte Observer last year. “State databases include arrest records, mental health records. You’re
That's ok, neither did Bernie Sanders this morning. Idiots love company, I guess.
The same people who will jump up and down today screaming "Don't judge all Muslims by the bad apples." will never ever make the analogous statement "Don't judge all gun owners by the bad apples."
"The problem is that easy gun access is what made the shooter able to get a weapon and carry it into a crowded area in the first place."
The gun on the store shelf *made him do it*? That's your argument?
Not, say, his death-cult religion that inculcated him with the idea that killing infidels--and homosexuals are the worst kind of infidel apparently?
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...
In 2013, there were 5723 murders recorded in the FBI stats.
https://www.nationalgangcenter...
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were somewhat higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks.
The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
If we focused on eliminating the actual criminal gang element, we'd have European-level murder rates.
If we're going down that route, then 1st amendment rights would by extension be required to be limited to technology available in 1787?
"more aligned with the ideas of the NRA: Everyone considered "trustend [sic] and reliable" had the right to bear arms"
Umm...that concepts predates the NRA by 100 years or so...
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
And let's see how that changes?
Gang-related murders within that 800K-1M subgroup accounts for about 1/2 of all murders in the US.
http://www.neighborhoodscout.c...
The countdown for the Top 30 Murder Capitals of America:
Rank City
30 Chicago Heights, IL
29 Baton Rouge, LA
28 Buffalo, NY
27 Hattiesburg, MS
26 East Chicago, IN
25 Birmingham, AL
24 Desert Hot Springs, CA
23 Compton, CA
22 Myrtle Beach, SC
21 Fort Pierce, FL
20 Harvey, IL
19 Bridgeton, NJ
18 Flint, MI
17 Rocky Mount, NC
16 Pine Bluff, AR
15 Petersburg, VA
14 Newark, NJ
13 Baltimore, MD
12 Harrisburg, PA
11 Jackson, MS
10 Wilmington, DE
9 Trenton, NJ
8 Riviera Beach, FL
7 New Orleans, LA
6 Camden, NJ
5 Detroit, MI
4 Gary, IN
3 St. Louis, MO
2 Chester, PA
1 East St. Louis, IL
Indeed!
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/c...
In 2013, there were 5723 murders recorded in the FBI stats.
https://www.nationalgangcenter...
In 2012, there were 2,363 gang-related homicides (2103 data not provided yet it seems), but it seems fair that around 2,000 gang-related homicides occur every year. In other words, about 40% of all murders in the US are gang-related homicides. With an estimated 770,000 gang members accounting for 40% (about 2300) of all murders, the rest of the population (314.8M) produced about 3360 murders, or about 1.06 murders per 100,000 non-gang people. This is clearly on par with other countries who do not have similar gang problems.
From the FBI numbers above, it also seems that black-on-black murders are quite disproportionately represented. At about 17% of the population, black-on-black murders were also about 40% of the total (2245). White-on-white murders were slightly higher as an absolute number (2,509) but there are 195.6M whites compared to 53.6M blacks. The numbers say that blacks murder blacks at 4.1 per 100,000; whites murder whites at about 0.77 per 100,000. Blacks also murdered 409 whites; whites murdered 189 blacks.
It seems that what we really need is a bunch of new laws that will make it very very very illegal to commit suicide. With double penalties for committing suicide with a gun.
have the proper shooter.
"It's woefully ignorant to blame all religion for a few nutjobs and murderous assholes."
Just as valid: It's woefully ignorant to blame all gun-owners for a few nutjobs and murderous assholes.
Economists are virtually unanimous in concluding that rent controls are destructive. In a 1990 poll of 464 economists published in the May 1992 issue of the American Economic Review, 93 percent of U.S. respondents agreed, either completely or with provisos, that âoea ceiling on rents reduces the quantity and quality of housing available.â1 Similarly, another study reported that more than 95 percent of the Canadian economists polled agreed with the statement.2 The agreement cuts across the usual political spectrum, ranging all the way from Nobel Prize winners milton friedman and friedrich hayek on the âoerightâ to their fellow Nobel laureate gunnar myrdal, an important architect of the Swedish Labor Partyâ(TM)s welfare state, on the âoeleft.â Myrdal stated, âoeRent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by governments lacking courage and vision.â3 His fellow Swedish economist (and socialist) Assar Lindbeck asserted, âoeIn many cases rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a cityâ"except for bombing.â4
The Alaska Permanent Fund citizen's dividend pays about $500-$2000 per year (amount varies by year based on a funding formula, e.g. 2012 paid $878, but 2015 paid $2072) to eligible citizens. This is largely funded by oil royalties and profitable investments made by the Fund (which has about $54B in accumulated assets).
What you described is Marxism.
1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the
populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children’s factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial
production, &c, &c.