Simple concepts seem to be the hardest for people to figure out. Some people just cant grasp the idea that a paper trail with the private transfer of a firearm protects both the seller and buyer.
If you worked in the IT field, you would know that keeping a complete transactional history of this many objects is not simple. Just getting the basic requirements agreed to would take months, not to mention implementation and maintenance.
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