The Background Check
I just watched a forty-five-minute video debate on guns. All the one guy would keep saying over and over was they should require a background check. Other than getting or buying a gun from a family member or friend, I know of no legal gun shop, gun show, or any licensed dealer of guns that can or will sell a gun without a background check. So, let us look at the BACKGROUND check a little deeper. First of all, a background check will not show ANYTHING on ANYONE who does not have a criminal record. ALL criminals know that they can NOT own or even be in the same room or vehicle with a gun, period. So, if they are trying to acquire a gun you can bet all that you have, they could care less about a background check or any other laws. Laws keep law-abiding citizens on the right side of the law. Any person that has the intention of doing something illegal is NOT very likely going to use a gun that they purchased legally and is registered to them. Unless it is during an intense moment full of anger and rage, and all rational thinking has been exhausted. But let us say someone passes a background check and buys a gun. If something happens and they snap, lose their temper, and go stark-raving mad. Are you so naive that you honestly believe that person is going to stop him or herself just before killing someone and say “OH, I did a background check, maybe I better not kill anyone”? For real? Do you think that piece of paper, that computer background check will stop someone from pulling a trigger and killing someone else? Please, enlighten me, tell me how. And while you are at it you can explain to me why in the hell the states with the strictest gun laws, have the most killings. I will wait. Why don’t you ask all the criminals that have guns, how many of the gun laws they follow? I suggest you wear your full body armor and have all your affairs in order, first. Do you want to give the gun-packing criminals something to think about? Have them wondering if all the other people they are about to rob are armed with guns also and will shoot to kill their butts. Just try that scenario on. Pretend you are a criminal, and you have a gun. You are going to rob a business. Business (A) has no guns allowed on the door. Business (B) welcomes gun owners. Which business are you going to rob? If you said (B), You are undoubtedly reading this from jail, or in the hospital recovering from your wounds. You are too damn stupid to be anywhere else. Guns do not kill people; people kill people, and they do not need a gun to do it. Background checks will NOT stop a gun from killing someone. Think back to your teen years. How many times did you find a way to do illegal things? I remember being able to buy alcohol and cigarettes at the age of fifteen any time I wanted. No matter what people will ALWAYS find a way. Be smart and make it easier for the law-abiding citizens, they are your only hope. There are ten times the law-abiding citizens out in the public, more than police officers. Let them own their guns and discourage the lawbreakers.
Simply my thoughts
Dean Butler
