felons and background checks...

[CJS3]

I was reading a thread on another site, where a guy was strongly against felons having guns and back ground checks...

Now I'm pretty sure that every one here agrees that violent felons should not be able to own guns.( I know a few people might not...)

We also know that felons can get guns illegally.


Anyways, Other then a back ground check, how could you stop a felon from walking into a gun store and buying a gun?


Logicly, the only way you could keep  a segment of the population from owning a gun( legally) is to have a back ground check.

Note you could replace gun with anything else...



PS , yes I am fully aware that back ground checks are a new thing...

Simply tattoo the word "FELON" on their foreheads. Problem solved.

Actually, growing up in that time frame (graduated HS in '66) we took guns to school all the time.  Took them to show and tell.   Took my dad's pistol as a prop gun for drama.  Also had them in the car/truck for hunting before or after school.  I wasn't on the trap/skeet team, but the students that were regularly brought their guns into first period study hall to clean.

The difference was there was no nefarious purpose.   The presence of guns themselves was not a problem.   The moral standard was much higher and the propensity towards violence much lower.

I graduated during the same time frame. Our high school had an armory for the rifle team.

[Hazcat]

I was on our high school rifle team.  We had a 25 yard indoor range in the basement (.22).

[True_Texan]

Not possible to falsify a fingerprint though.  I have to give my right index print for every firearm purchase in addition to the three forms to fill out, I assumed that was all states but I guess not.

That's very interesting. Not sure why they wouldn't use finger prints more often. Here in Texas they require a right and left thumb print when renewing a drivers license. If I remember right, on the CHL here I was required to give all tip prints and full finger and thumb prints. My next renewal is coming up soon. Pretty sure I'll have to resubmit all new print cards.

[SwoopSJ]

No finger printing in Kentucky, unless you've been a bad boy.     No prints required for gun purchases, CCW, or driver's license.  I guess we're just low tech... but that's just fine by me.

Swoop

[tt11758]

No finger printing in Kentucky, unless you've been a bad boy.     No prints required for gun purchases, CCW, or driver's license.  I guess we're just low tech... but that's just fine by me.

Swoop

Maybe in Kentucky they figure that fingerprints are like DNA.........everybody has the same.     

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[1911 Junkie]

Hey! Unless your from Kentucky you can't make fun of 'em.

[Hazcat]

Hey! Unless your from Kentucky you can't make fun of 'em.

Sure we can!  In fact it's pretty easy. 

[alfsauve]

....in Texas they require a right and left thumb print when renewing a drivers license.

In Georiga they encode your thumb print in a 2d bar code on the back of the license.   I'm not sure what purpose it serves.  I've never seen a bar code reader for it.  

The CCW has your actual thumb print on it, but again.  Whose going to sit there in the field and compare thumbprints to verify identity.  

[Timothy]

In Georiga they encode your thumb print in a 2d bar code on the back of the license.   I'm not sure what purpose it serves.  I've never seen a bar code reader for it.  

The CCW has your actual thumb print on it, but again.  Whose going to sit there in the field and compare thumbprints to verify identity.  

Mine has my thumbprint too, problem is, it's a computer generated black spot, doesn't even look like a print...

[tombogan03884]

In NH the only thing you get finger printed for is arrest.