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Originally Posted by Botnst
You know, the whole point of federalism is so that states can enact laws that reflect the social interests of the various states. I'm perfectly okay with a majoritarian approach to guns within states.
But if we have to make it an issue of federal law, let's impose my state's laws on everybody. Yeah, that's fair.
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the problem with that is loopholes.
Couple years ago, went up to a gun show with a known idiot friend of mine in VT. in 15 minutes, he walked out with two Russian Mosin-Nagants, one a carbine, both with bayonets.
He then brought them back to our state, which has pretty lax laws itself, but does have some time limits.
i ended up removing and keeping one of the bolts to prevent him from firing off one of the rifles in the middle of the city when a girl he was sweet on went for his cousin. He also was caught pointing it out the window of his 4th story apartment tracking people on the street to work out the sights.
I don't have a problem with this type of bolt action weapon, but i do have a problem with them being sold to idiots with no real checks on how they intend to store and use them.
We have to close loopholes like that if we intend to actually do any long term good, so the only solution is federal regulation, not state regulation. Id be happy with federal guidelines, and states fill them in, similar to vehicle regulations being generally similar in all states, but possessing differences tailored to the states in question