| SpokenTruth said: It's not bad but I find it lacking in certain areas. This doesn't address private sales or registration but the biggest flaw is tier 1. No wait, buy now, by anyone. |
Restricting private sales (without giving free access to the background check system) and require registration of each user is just a non-starter politically.
Most gun-rights advocates seem to support universal background checks so long as they can access the background check system at home with no cost to themselves rather than have to go through an FFL dealer.
Registration is politically unfeasible as it is seen as a precursor to confiscation, and has very little benefits other than that. Most registration efforts in U.S states and even Canada have failed to get even 10-20% of thd estimated guns registered. The permit system tells us the lower limit of gun owners though.
The intention behind the linked proposal is to reduce the lethality of shootings and mass shootings, by restricting higher calibers and more powerful guns (rather than merely scary looking ones) to more human contact. But being able to buy a gun to protect against wildlife or for self-protection in rural areas is very important. That is why Tier 1 is unrestricted.
