Do we need a federal background check for ammo purchases?
States yet again miss the point with Jamie's Law.
The premiss of the now named Jamie's Law is that anyone who wants to buy ammo in the United States should be treated the same as if they were purchasing a firearm. This is somehow believed to affect the illegal use of weapons.
The problem is that criminals, by their very nature, do not go through background checks. They use stolen firearms and those obtained through straw purchases, both of which are just as apt for getting ammunition.
So if its know that criminals don't follow the law, why would they want to pass this? Could it be Beto's plan of rounding up those pesky AR47's and those AK15's coming to fruition? Could a background check on every ammo purchase provide the federal government with a list of every likely gun owner in America over a short time? Who knows. More than likely, it's just another way to infringe the rights of everyday citizens who believe in the constitution.
I'm sure that even as we speak states around the country (in fact here's a list: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington) are considering passing this law on a local level. Showing they are willing to spend 10's of millions of dollars of taxpayers money under the guise of safety. When, in fact, merely prosecuting criminals and punishing them with meaning full sentences would have a much better effect.
Please take the time to contact your federal legislators and let them know that not only would a background check on the purchase of ammunition be infringement on the rights of law-abiding citizens, but it will not affect the criminal use of firearms.
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