About that %40

[connsolo]

Old news to some. Chris Rager did a nice job of explaining this to our Reps a few weeks ago. Unfortunately Sen. Latz didn't get the message, because he used the old 40% of guns are sold without background checks as a keystone to his closing argument for SF 458 (along with a tired analogy of building a dam that only covers 60% of a river). Anywho, after getting a response email from Sen. Al Frankin in which the bogus 40% figure was quoted yet again, I broke down and googled it. Here for your reading pleasure is everything you need to know about the erroneous 40% number. Enjoy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fac ... _blog.html

[westhope]

... (along with a tired analogy of building a dam that only covers 60% of a river).

In Owatonna, MN there is a dam that crosses about 50 % of the river, it works fine. It controls the water level in the river yet lets fish pass if they want. Kind of what laws should do. Control criminals not others.

[mn4wheeler]

how are "they" able to put the number on private sales? if no NICS check is performed, how do "they" know about it? I think the 40% is BS.

[harryset]

Pass all of the background check laws you want, how are they going to enforce me checking the sale or me giving a firearm to someone else?? Can't be done, unless the guns are registered in my name to some agency.