Let's try taking the perps in the most tragic of shootings in the last five years and try to determine which of these shooting would have been prevented if the perps had been properly identified for their bad history and taken off the streets. I don't know the exact number, but it would be "most of them". There are very few surprises in mass shootings. How many "perps" who have lied on their 4473 forms are in jail or even identified by name. My guess is maybe three. In fifty years, I have never lied on a 4473 form, yet I am still delayed every time I try to purchase a 100 year old shotgun. Yet I am still supposed to respect the system that is supposed to keep us safe. Give me a break.

Last edited by eightbore; 02/17/18 07:18 PM.