Canadian gun control is an absolute trainwreck in a lot of ways, but they
do have less “gun crime” than the United States. Of course, that’s because Canada has less crime overall than the United States. There are a lot of factors at play there, of course, but it’s simply how it shakes out.
Despite that simple fact, though, there are many who seem to believe that all we need to do is follow Canada’s lead on gun control.
Buying a gun from a licensed dealer in America is too easy. Prospective gun owners fill out the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Form 4473, which asks whether they have been convicted of a felony, involuntarily hospitalized by court order, or dishonorably discharged from the military, among other questions about their personal history. Dealers then share this information with the National Instant Criminal Background Check system, and a decision is typically relayed within minutes. These checks are not exhaustive enough and the sus
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North Carolina would end pistol permits under bill moving through House Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) © Dreamstime/TNS The new version of a bill that advanced through a North Carolina House committee on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, could spell the end for a longtime state law requiring permits for pistol purchases.
RALEIGH, N.C. A longtime North Carolina law requiring pistol purchase permits could be repealed under a new version of a bill that advanced through a House committee on Tuesday.
The law requires buyers of handguns to obtain a permit from a local sheriff and undergo a background check. Rep. Jay Adams, a Hickory Republican and lead sponsor of the bill, called the law obsolete and said the emphasis should be on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.