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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"To cite just two examples: background checks, training requirement, and criminal liability for negligent sale/transfer could have stopped Orlando shooter from getting a gun."

How?

"Similarly, threat of criminal liability could have prevented Sandy Hook mom from providing firearms to her crazy son."

No way. There's no way she imagined that he would have  done what he did.[/quote]

I'm not arguing that the proposed regulations are perfect--far from it, I'm afraid.  But they surely would have a chilling effect on sale/transfer and on storage.

Sandy Hook mom might well have been affected by this--she'd theoretically face criminal liability for unsafe storage and reckless transfer.  Even if she didn't imagine him as a mass shooter, I'd argue that she might have behaved differently.

On Orlando shooter, do you think he would have gone through a Federal licensing/training requirement?  Given their past interaction, couldn't FBI/ATF have "flagged" him as part of that process?  Would gun store owner have sold him two weapons without a second thought?  Again, admittedly no guarantee, but the proposed regs would have created several additional obstacles and might have prevented the tragedy.[/quote]

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