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Hoyt

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1. An alternative is to require all transfers to go through a licensed dealer, who would charge a
Mon Jan 20, 2020, 05:07 PM
Jan 2020

transfer fee to handle the administrative work and keep required documentation. At a gun show, there would be any number of licensed dealers who would handle that and even compete on the fee charged (which will likely be $30 or so).

In most states, some ignorant white winger can take a bunch of guns to a gun show, drape a confederate or Nazi flag over a table and start selling guns without the need to do a background check, as long as they aren't "engaged in the business" on a regular basis.

I'm fine with licensing gun purchasers, too.

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