President Trump is calling for better background checks. It is time, then, to squeeze him for complete, universal checks. No gun should be sold without a background check. None, at least none that we can catch. Any sale without a check should be an illegal sale, subject to prosecution.
Currently, all gun dealers are required to run background checks, but those who are not gun dealers, per se, are allowed to sell without doing the checks.
This should not be. If there is value in the checks, there shouldn't be loopholes.
When private parties make sales, they should go online and run background checks. And, if they have any question as to how to do it, they should be encouraged to go to the local sheriff's office, where officials will help them.
And, we need help in ferreting out sales going unreported. If you are aware of a sale, you should be required by law to report it. We should have an if-you-see-something-say-something law. If you know a convict has a gun, you should report it. Lives are at stake.
The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, are demanding changes, demanding action, demanding that America and politicians do something. This is something that can be done, and should be done, post haste. If we have an imperfect background-checking system, why would we not want to perfect it? We have seen the flaw in our system for years -- for decades. What are we waiting for? Politicians, quit sitting on your hands, and do something.
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