Quote Originally Posted by bu villain View Post
I think everyone in here would agree our budget is already rather bloated so there are dozens of places I would gladly cut and redirect the money towards this. The things I am proposing would help against all gun crime, not just the relatively rare mass shootings from crazy people.

I don't see why guns should have to be treated the same way home and car purchases are. We already have a law that says gun dealers have to run a background check so I think that is a better place for comparison than home or cars sales. Your point about identity theft is a valid concern although I think it's fairly easy to get around. You could simply call a cop to come check out the buyers credentials similar to how you have to have a cop come check the vin number of an old car you buy with no title to make sure it isn't stolen before you can register it.
Get Congress and Obama to cut their spending in half and you might be able to find a few dollars for a study. Good luck with that.
The Democrats might try to use guns on you if you try to take away tax revenue from them....

Guns, homes, and cars are all private property, and individual sales of legal private property is generally outside of the scope of the federal government.
in your scenario, the buyer is asking the local authorities to help him protect himself by checking into the validity of an item, not a person's history. In the scenario of selling a firearm, the seller would be asking the police to research a the buyer's history. Big difference.
Even FFL dealers don't get history on their buyers. They simply get an approval or rejection on the applicant.

The only possible way that a regulation of private sales would work, is if all sales were conducted at FFL dealers, and all FFL dealers were either compensated for their time, or were forced to provide the service at their own cost (time is money).
There would still be plenty of people who would sell outside the system though.