jusplay4fun wrote:Dukasaur wrote:2dimes wrote:We have lots of terrific gun limiting laws and they just keep adding more. It's getting stupid up here. Yet there are still lots of illegal guns showing up.
Well, we are uniquely positioned to have the world's longest unprotected border, right next to a country where any donkey has a constitutional right to buy 500 guns.
We could scrap 90% of our gun laws safely if we would just invest in more Customs inspectors.
 
Gun safety laws are not the problem with Guns in America.
More Customs inspectors for whom? USA? Canada? what about the US-Mexican border?
 
Canada, obviously.
The gangs don't even have to work hard. They bring the guns over the Peace Bridge in broad daylight, knowing that with the current staffing level, they have about a 1% chance of being searched. And even if they do get caught, they only have a 40% chance of being convicted, thanks to our fucked up judicial system.
So do the math. 100 guns in the trunk of your Jetta, bought for $50 each in Cleveland, sold for $250 each in Toronto. Net profit, $20,000 for a weekend's work. 1% chance of getting caught, 40% chance of getting convicted. Cost-benefit analysis comes up great.
KoolBak wrote:That's offensive DoD.
The gun buying laws are strict and strictly enforced. And abided by 99 plus percent of decent, safe gun owners.
Don't let the few skew your opinion of the many.
I know the majority of gun owners are law-abiding and responsible. No argument there.
But a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
And I know gun buying laws 
in your state. But again, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
If I live in New York State with its strict background checks and I want a gun, I go for a drive down to West Virginia or the Carolinas where there are no background checks, no microstamping, no tracing, and no requirement to report sales to law enforcement.
And yeah, technically I'm supposed to prove residency in those states, but with no requirement to report and no microstamping, well, that provision is about as enforceable as a couple extra Franklins can make it.
And even states that have strict laws laws generally allow transfers to immediate family without a license. Ever seen what happens when a gun collector dies and his ne'er-do-well junkie sons suddenly find themselves with access to a couple hundred guns? Don't argue -- I've seen it with my own eyes.
Add to that private sales exemptions and gun show exemptions, and anyone in the U.S. who can't buy a gun illegally isn't trying very hard.
That's not offensive to you or to any other responsible gun owner. But be honest, if you weren't, you know damn well there are a hundred ways you could evade the law.