So its 20 years since the Brady Background Check law was passed, and clinging to the past the Bradies post this video:
They have the lie about the law stopping 2 Million guns purchases by prohibited people except it isn’t true
In the end, 62 cases were referred for prosecution, but most were declined by prosecutors or dismissed by the court. Out of the original 73,000 denials, there emerge just 13 guilty pleas.
That’s statistically NOTHING! We’re actually better off without the law since it doesn’t do anything it claims.
Further I don’t understand the “States that Expanded Background Checks” claim, and of course no citation is given, since the prohibited person list is Federal law, so either that claim is false, or it is states denying people their rights without any form of due process.
Further the “No Questions Asked” gun sale is equally erroneous. Yes you CAN sell a gun without asking any questions, but that’s the same as selling a stolen gun, or selling drugs. You can DO it, but that doesn’t make it legal. If you’re caught selling a gun to a prohibited person and it turns out you didn’t do any due diligence to screen out if the person is a resident of your state, or a prohibited person, you can go away to the federal pen for a LOOONG time, and never own another gun for as long as you live.
Of course if they don’t catch you, nothing happens, but for those circumstances, it doesn’t matter WHAT the law is.
So lies lies, and maybe a half-truth for flavor. Its the anti-rights smorgasbord!
They’re also forgetting (intentionally?) another entire set of “No Questions Asked” sales.
The ones they erroneously call “gun buy-backs,” which are of questionable legality (are the police officers undergoing background checks and registering the sales where required by law for ALL sales, or does this better fit the definitions of “black market” or “straw purchase”?) and even-more-questionable utility.