Yep this one is a Head Scratcher.
So first up are they saying there are NO states where you can vote with no proof of ID? Funny, wasn’t that long ago where ACORN was registering people that didn’t exist by paying homeless people cigarettes and booze to fill out 5, 10, 20 registrations under creative assumed names like “Donald Duck” or “Mickey Mouse”. Which isn’t very scandalous if you need to show an ID to vote since your name is not “Michael Milquetoast Mouse”, but in many states there is no requirements so simply filling out a bogus registration means your name is on the roster. Hell knowing somebody in the district’s name and address means you can take THEIR vote! So yeah, you don’t need an ID to vote in Many states, and you don’t even need to be using the name of a real or living person to vote.
Now onto the gun thing. Now they highlighted the states where private sales have been banned or places like here where you need a permit to OWN a gun. Still technically ALL states require ID. Why? Well since 1968 we’ve had a piece of legislation called The Gun Control Act. In it is says:
The Gun Control Act mandated the licensing of individuals and companies engaged in the business of selling firearms. This provision effectively prohibited the direct mail order of firearms (except antique firearms) by consumers and mandated that anyone who wants to buy a gun in an interstate transaction from a source other than a private individual must do so through a federally licensed firearms dealer. The Act also banned unlicensed individuals from acquiring handguns outside their state of residence. The interstate purchase of long guns (rifles and shotguns) was not impeded by the Act so long as the seller is federally licensed and such a sale is allowed by both the state of purchase and the state of residence.
That’s the wikipedia quote, but the legalize says the same thing, just not as clearly. I’ll say it clearer. If you want to sell a gun outside the state of your residence it NEEDS to be done through an FFL. Handguns must be sold in the state of the new owner, long guns can be done at any FFL. Any FFL transaction requires an ID and a background check. That’s pretty straight forward. But what about private sales? Yep most states don’t require ID for the sale so long as neither person is a prohibited person and both are residents of the same state. Now the “Prohibited Person” bit can be a bit sticky as its hard for the average citizen to be 100% sure unless they have a Concealed Carry permit (as in an ID!!!) or you’ve seen them buy a gun legally at an FFL (again ID), but finding out they’re a state resident is easy….you just check their ID!
For any anti thinking you can buy a gun without an ID in any state, I dare them to try it. Let’s say you sell a gun across state lines and that person gets caught with that gun, law enforcement could track it back to you ether through FFL information, or just from old-fashioned police work. Now once the police catch up with you you’ll be charged with a federal crime. Your only defense for that crime will be that you were unable to positively confirm that the sale was illegal. The Judge will ask you “Did you ask to see some ID from this person before you made the transfer?” If you say “No” then you get to go to prison!
So yeah, go try and buy a gun from a total stranger without an ID!
