AMA study: shooters armed with semiautomatic rifles kill twice as many people

[Medievalist]

@nungesser

guess I’d say this: I’ve been to plenty of flea markets, antique shows, and garage sales, and if some guy put out flasks and jugs of homemade moonshine, selling liquor right out in the open, he’d be rounded up very quickly, and people would say ‘what a moron, everybody knows you can’t sell booze openly’. But somehow folks can put out semi-automatic weapons, shotguns, and handguns, and nobody bats an eye. That seems like an awfully big loophole in the priority in which things are policed.

In the US state of Delaware, we have instant background checks with a single phone call, and nearly all transfers of weapons are contingent on the background check. So, no “gun show loophole”, although we do have the “cop loophole” (which nobody cares about but me).

Also in Delaware, you can (and people do) sell homemade beer and cider at a flea markets and yard sales, because the police have decided to turn a blind eye to federal laws about homebrewing. You can’t openly sell kegs or unlicensed hard liquor, though, and the blind eye of the police will suddenly become all-seeing if you try to sell alcohol to a minor.

[Mister44]

@Medievalist

In the US state of Delaware, we have instant background checks with a single phone call, and nearly all transfers of weapons are contingent on the background chec

Is this a state run system, or tied to NICS?

[Medievalist]

I want to say originally it was purely a state initiative, but now tied into the national system run through the FBI, and also into the systems of the surrounding states. But don’t trust that! I don’t really know!

I would consult my expert but Pedro is currently in Italy.

[burllamb]

@Ryuthrowsstuff

Moreover I think your discounting the level to which strong support for better regulation does win elections. Especially now its been a significant driver of turnout on the left and there are a great many blue states where a pro-gun dem or leftist can’t win.

That is an excellent point. Been wrestling with that one, especially considering the poor turnout of younger folks in the last election.

[ArchStanton]

I just looked it up, and Delaware uses the same NICS system that all federally licensed dealers use. Additionally, they require private individuals transferring or selling a gun to locate a licensed dealer to conduct a federal check before a transfer can take place.