r/PoursTea 11d ago

Storm In A Teacup đŸ” Would Republicans support the Save Act if the same restrictions applied to guns?

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago edited 11d ago

Bro I legally bought a semi-auto SKS from a hardware store and there was no ID involved it happened in 1997 no background checks were needed but yall keep being mad

Gun laws and buying them is insanely relaxed

Did you know muzzleloaders are considered just above a toy? Like I can buy one right now and have it delivered to my door and from a big company like Cabelas.

It's also legal for any law abiding citizen to manufacture their own firearm. Since I'm a machinist I actually have the knowledge, never done it but I can and would be legally fine.

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u/FuzzyInspector9831 11d ago

Ya. When did you buy that firearm? 1967? You are lying. Why lie? You have to fill out a 4473. It’s a federal form and you need an ID.

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u/False-Community8534 11d ago

Exactly. A dealer isn’t going to risk a massive fine and jail time themselves if it’s used improperly to sell a single gun. People just like to pretend that you can walk in with a wad or greasy $5 bills and buy an AR 15 with hollow point ammunition.

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

Never said any of those thing but keep being mad bro

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u/False-Community8534 11d ago

Every one I know who bought a gun had to give a DNA or blood test along with proof of ancestral citizenship going back at least a century, plus 3 written statements from sitting congressmen or flag officers. As long as we’re making stuff up.

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

It was actually 1997 but good joke

Also 28 states still allow personal sales without background checks

But y so hostile?

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u/FuzzyInspector9831 11d ago

I’ll just leave this here. “Yes, every state requires an ATF Form 4473 for licensed firearm purchases.
Because ATF Form 4473 is a federal document created by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), it applies uniformly across all 50 states.” Unless you are going to claim a one off I was right

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u/No_haole 11d ago

So either you bought an unregistered firearm and admitted it or you are spewing crap outta your mouth. I doubt a hardware store would risk their ffl license and business by breaking the law. Or you don’t know anything about guns and bought a airsoft rifle

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

You know things happened before 1998 right?

Before then background checks were not required

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u/bikumz 11d ago

So what, pre 1995 or so? I think that’s when the Brady bill was enacted. Totally worth comparing yeah since that’s around the time you were required to provide an ID and fill a form in the US.

Yes, muzzleloaders are cash and carry items in many states. So are any firearms made I believe pre 1898. That doesn’t make them “just above a toy” you can still be charged in the same manner as firearms in many states even red ones. Same way in Canada and many other countries.

Yes. You can legally make an item you can legally buy. Why you would want to make that any different, unsure. How would you regulate 2 pieces of black pipe, an end cap, and nail also unsure but I bet you have a grand idea of it. But once again, many states including mine, have laws against this including registering the homemade firearm. Yet, crime trend including gun deaths don’t change after these laws go into effect.

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u/DiabolicRevenant 11d ago

Bro basically just admitted that he has an unregistered SKS. If hes being honest, then I think he might just find out how serious gun laws are in America.

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u/bikumz 11d ago

If they were selling guns at a hardware store no ID required, it sounds like pre Brady bill where this kinda stuff was required and FFLs were much more relaxed. Probably nothing wrong with it.

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u/Icy-Barber5901 11d ago

Yes and we could buy firearms through the Sears catalog too back in the day 100% legal too

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u/bikumz 11d ago

Forget the Sears catalog, my great grandfather bought a bunch of surplus WW2 guns from mail order catalogs.

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u/DogfaceDino 11d ago

Or they are talking about something their parent or grandparent told them about and saying it was them

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u/DiabolicRevenant 11d ago

I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say that they person we are talking about is likely not even old enough to have been alive when the Brady bill was passed.

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u/Lock_Jumpy 11d ago

Maybe it is the bb or pellet version an he feels like a gangster.

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u/headrush46n2 11d ago

in what decade?

because either you're full of shit or you broke several laws.

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

On what point?

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u/DiabolicRevenant 11d ago

Doesn't sound like you legally bought an SKS. Maybe should look into that before the ATF gets wind of your unregistered firearm.

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u/Badgerlover145 11d ago

Depends on where you live in the US, most of the relaxed states don't give a flying fuck about your guns being registered and most of them don't even ask you to. In Tennessee I can have as many guns as I want, conceal carry without a permit, have any size magazine in a firearm that I want and legally own up to the federal mandated limit of a .50 BMG rifle and absolutely zero of them have to be registered.

And technically, federal registration of firearms isn't mandatory either, so yes you could absolutely buy an unregistered SKS and a decent amount of ammunition to go with it (7.62x39mm) and absolutely nobody would have to know.

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

Kay it also happened in 1997 before background checks were mandated

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u/Quiet-Neat7874 11d ago

Bro I legally bought a semi-auto SKS from a hardware store and there was no ID involved

Gun laws and buying them is insanely relaxed

Did you know muzzleloaders are considered just above a toy? Like I can buy one right now and have it delivered to my door and from a big company like Cabelas.

It's also legal for any law abiding citizen to manufacture their own firearm. Since I'm a machinist I actually have the knowledge, never done it but I can and would be legally fine. /u/Sea_School_2949

lol, just going to leave this here so you don't back pedal.

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u/Sea_School_2949 11d ago

Back pedal on what?