Recent content by chijohnaok

Things seem to be deteriorating in Venezuela even further: https://www.yahoo.com/news/seniors-block-venezuela-streets-demanding-pension-checks-213439933.html So Pres. Maduro increased the retiree benefits....but if all they can get for that amount is a banana and a plantain, what good does it do?

If you are a felon you are not going to get your gun from a licensed dealer (presuming the background check system is functioning properly) and you are also probably not going to get it at a gun show. Where do you think all the gang bangers that in 2017 shot and killed 625 in Chicago; who shot...

The thread topic is "Florida School Shooting" Was the "gigantic flaw designed into the system" aka gun show that you refer to a factor in this incident? No. Which is why it is not relevant to THIS incident. Was the "gigantic flaw designed into the system" that you refer to to blame for the...

So those administering the program are to blame? Administration of the NICS background check program is the responsibility of the Executive Branch of government. Columbine happened in 1999. Fort Hood in 2009. Sandy Hook and Aurora in 2012 San Bernardino in 2015 Orlando 2016. Who was...

The NICS system was part of the Brandy Handgun Violence Prevention Act. That bill was introduced by Rep. Chuck Schumer February 22, 1993 and the final version was passed on November 11, 1993. It was signed into law by President Clinton November 30, 1993. The Democratic party held a majority in...

So you are talking about the "private gun sale" part of this.That was entirely separate from what I was talking about. But, to your point, if I wanted to 'no longer have my gun' and then sell it, gift it, etc to someone else, should there be some sort of background check requirement for that? I...

Any system (fixing the existing system, scrapping it and creating a new one, etc) that requires background checks as part of the process for someone legally obtaining a firearm is only going to be effective if the people/states/agencies that feed data into the system are properly and...

Just to be clear here, my comments (I have now lived in the State of Florida for 17+ years. Florida does not have a requirement to obtain a license/permit before purchasing a firearm. You still must undergo a background check. And if you wish to "conceal carry" your firearm, then you do have to...

would background checks still be a requirement under your solution (as I did not see any mention of it)

So what is your solution then?

My responses in blue below (within your post) Some US states require a person to obtain a license/permit before they can legally obtain a firearm. Other states do not. I'm not sure whether any states have such a requirement as you describe for Australia. When I lived up in Chicago, IL, the...

Let me add/clarify so as to address your question/comment: There are already requirements for local/state/federal agencies to report criminal convictions, mental health adjudications, etc to the federal databases that are utilized for the NICS background check system. Yet many state (and even...

You may continue ignoring the fact that the existing background check process doesn't work...

Did I say that? There are already plenty of laws out there that are not being enforced/properly implemented. After every tragic event like this there is inevitably a call for 'more gun control'. Some of the failures that have led to these tragedies have been because people/agencies either...

The warning by the You Tuber was NOT the only warning that the FBI had about this shooter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/16/as-florida-town-mourns-authorities-revisit-possible-warning-signs-before-school-massacre/?utm_term=.33262ada7502 The disclosure came two days...