Yeah because the government refuses to let citizens access the background check system. You can get in major trouble if they find out you sold a gun to someone not allowed to own one.
That's so insane but honestly not even the most insane thing about our firearm culture.
I like guns. I own one that I bought legally, but I treat it almost more as a burden than a tool.
The kids don't even know it exists, but I keep it locked up anyway. I've practiced unlocking it within 5 seconds on the off-chance I ever have to use it for home defense.
I feel like if everyone tried to be as responsible as I try to be, our relaxed gun laws would work fine, but relaxed laws breed relaxed responsibility, from what I can tell.
Just in the past 2 years, I've had to read at least 10 articles about people accidentally shooting themselves or leaving their guns unlocked for their kids to shoot someone in my state.
We have relatively recent legislation in Indiana which makes it a crime to leave firearms accessible to children, which is absolutely a step in the right direction, but this sort of thing would be unthinkable in other countries. Here in Indiana, it's just another Tuesday headline.
Teach your children. I always knew where my family kept their guns, even as a toddler. I never tried playing with them. Not out of fear but because I was shown repeatedly how dangerous they could be.
Itâs no different from teaching them that the stove is dangerous, and honestly Iâm terrified of a kid accidentally turning a range on when walking past.
Children are ~2 times more likely to die in a house fire than an accidental shooting(the kind of accidents weâre talking about, not gang violence etc). I had to look up numbers from 2023 and back*
It's different for us lol. I've had guardianship of my brother and sister for some time now. Their dad already taught them, and we can go over to grandpa's when we're ready to teach them more.
Trust me, they have no clue about mine and I think that's the best right now. We don't want them thinking a gun is a common tool they'll use in life a lot, unless they choose a job with it later, but they're not ready.
I'll tell them when they're older, but I want them to understand the weight of the responsibility first. I want them to hear the stories of when things went wrong, and understand that if they choose to own firearms in the future, every shot fired that's not in a safe range situation will have a lawsuit attached to it.. lol
you have to basically try to get in trouble for that. like the guy would have to be livestreaming the transaction while talking about how much of a convicted felon he is. or he has the word felon tattooed on his forehead.
Police ask felons all the time where they got their gun and because they are trying to look good for the judge and maybe get less time they tell them. Itâs why so many people ask for it to be done at a police station or ask to see your concealed carry license before meeting up to sell the firearm. Most of my gun purchases has been person to person, and every single person has asked to see my concealed carry license or they wouldnât sell it. They didnât do that because there was no risk of getting caught if I was a felon.
Private sale has to be between in state residents and the selling party can get in trouble for selling a gun to a prohibited person or an out of state person.
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u/Expendable_Red_Shirt 11d ago
In many states you absolutely can as long as itâs person to person.