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The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing (www.eff.org)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

Because you can buy guns at Walmart, maybe not in California, but they sell guns in approximately half of their stores in the US.
You can also go to gun shows and buy guns without a background check.
But of course you're correct, he was wrong, It's not as easy as going to Walmart to get a gun without a background check. It's actually MUCH EASIER than that in more than half the US. You can just go online and pay for someone to send you a gun without any background check, site unseen, from the comfort of your own home.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I'm not sure how buying a gun at a gun show sans background check is easier than if Walmart didn't require a background check, but regardless, the premise of their statement (that Walmart doesn't require background checks) is factually incorrect. You're moving the goalpost. And no, you can't just pay for a gun online and have it shipped to you. That's not how that works, not legally at least.

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  • [–] -1 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Wow, talk about moving goal posts... You were all enraged with his conflating Walmart and private sales, but have no problems making up stuff that I didn't say.
    As for online sales: "According to the ATF, any unlicensed person -meaning not a Federal Firearms Licensee- may transfer a firearm to another unlicensed person residing in the same state as long as that person is not barred from owning a gun. This means it's perfectly legal under federal law to transfer your gun to another person without any extra steps as long as they are allowed to own a firearm. There is no federal requirement for having a license to do so, and you don't need to fill out any paperwork. As long as you're both residents of the same state, your transaction is essentially unrestricted."

    So how about state laws you ask?
    "Private Transfers of Firearms Wyoming does not regulate private sales and transfers of firearms".

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 child)

    I didn't make anything up, but it looks like misread your comment. My bad, but when you start throwing out shit that didn't have anything to do with the comment I replied to, that can easily happen. Regardless, neither of those links say you can purchase a gun online and have it shipped directly to you. I'm not aware of that happening anywhere or any mechanisms to facilitate that anywhere. That's not a thing that happens.

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