MAS444 said:
Which politicians have said that behind closed doors? And I guess I'm just not that familiar with the constant increased restrictions as no one I know seems to have any trouble purchasing any kind of gun they want. But admittedly, I don't know much about it.
Just look at California proposed gun legislation for a great example. They want to restrict and monitor how much ammo you can buy. Chicago, the murder capital of the US, has some of the most restrictive and draconian gun laws - and they want to make more and more restrictions.
Washington DC is full of guns - mostly held by criminals and the private and government bodyguards that politicians get to have. Not so much for the actual taxpaying civilians though.
And last I checked - there is only one guaranteed right in the Constitution that requires a background check at the federal level and in many places, licensing and local restrictions that prevent a whole lot of people from being able to exercise the right. Imagine if we had such restrictions on something simple - let's throw voting out there for ****s and giggles. Apparently, having ID to vote is beyond discrimination and absolutely a thing of pure unadulterated evil, not to mention a hardship on the poor, the blacks, the mexicans, the illegals, etc. But requiring identification, registration, proof of a state and locally accepted secure place of storage, proof of the ability to lock a gun up during transportation to and from the gun range, licensing to purchase ammunition, registration and cost to get a license to purchase ammo or a firearm, fingerprinting, background checks and other associated forms of "public safety" items associated with firearms....is just "doing business as usual" and not any type of hardship. That doesn't even go into carrying restrictions or requirements in some areas, or who gets approved and who does not, for carrying in many other states.
