THIS is what I'm talking about. THIS is a real solution.Any person in Colorado who wants to sell a gun to someone else should be able to call the state and give the name and birth date of the person trying to buy the gun. The seller would get a simple yesno answer from the CBI as to whether the buyer is prohibited from buying the firearm. The seller could take it from there. Federal and state laws already forbid knowingly selling a firearm to a person who is legally disqualified from buying one. Other information, regarding the make and model of the weapon, has no bearing on the buyer’s qualification.
The state-operated NICS system should be available by phone to any citizen, and not just federally licensed dealers, if we want to screen all gun sales. It must require no paperwork on the part of the seller. It need not ask for the seller’s identity or information on the firearm. It must be truly instant, so that law-abiding citizens who want to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals can do so with minimal barriers.
Banning private sales of firearms sets a really ugly precedent for banning the private sale of other items. Right to resell personal property is already under attack in civil courts by big business. If you think this is not the case, check this out.
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