plant.one wrote:hardcase wrote:
My understanding is that part of the reason for 41F was that a Trust allowed someone without fingerprint/LE clearance to be in possession of a can or maybe even a SBR if their name was on the Trust.
yea it drove them nuts they didnt have their list. it took control away from them and obama couldn't have that - so here we are now.
bunch of hogwash.
It may be a bunch of hogwash, but blaming it on Obama is deflecting blame. Gun owners and in particular those who exploited the "trust loop hole" are to blame.
You can't scream no "new laws until you enforce existing laws" at the top of your lungs and then get pissed when they tighten the rules where prohibited people can easily buy weapon. The same thing will happen again when it becomes clear people are adding and subtracting people to trusts specifically to avoid background checks.
Right now gun owners have been lucky regarding some of the recent events, but as we stand back and say "don't blame the gun, blame the lack of enforcing existing laws because he was a prohibited person" it's a very logical step to take a look at those associated with trusts.
What will happen is, eventually a prohibited person will be found with a weapon in hand that belongs to a trust. Everyone in the trust will be at risk for a felony conviction. If everyone is the trust, the trust provided the weapon to the prohibited person, everyone is charged. All involved knowingly conspired to create the trust for the sole purpose of of allowing access to weapons to prohibited persons.
No different than fast and furious on a family level.