Make that a yes for me in theory, but a big HELL NO in RL.
I am concerned they want to regulate to the point of prohibition. The "criminals will get ammo" argument is a little weak when it comes to regulation. It is a stronger argument vs prohibition.
Stacked deck on this forum. Almost everyone will answer no. I voted yes (on a website poll) because:
I would like to hinder the bad guy from aquiring ammo.
I don't see a problem (AT ALL) with the ID check. If it is done for beer, smokes, and NC-17 movies, then a check for ammo should not be a big deal.
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As for the back ground check. Question, yes or no, do you want to stop the bad guy from getting ammo? I answer a crazy & nieve yes! Please stop the bad guy. I don't want the bad guy from getting AMMO, even if he could get the gun & ammo from the criminal market. I would like there to be a way to stop a felon from being able to go to a retail shop and get ammo.
Fact: the whole "criminals will get guns anyway argument" does not work well with regulating firearms. It is flawed logic.
However, is a sound and logical argument against prohibition arguments (e.g. Washington DC).
Maybe once you let the anti-gun crowd require a back ground check for ammo, they could demand serial numbered ammo (increasing cost). Then they will increase taxes on ammo (to pay for all the gun related social ills to society). Then require people who reload to pay a fee to document to the ATF serial numbered cases that have been reloaded. Knock, knock. Who's there? ATF!
Then make it mandatory that you have to qualify for every fire arm you own on a monthly basis (more costs). Then they will show pictures of the children and say “We have to save the children!” Score 100% on your shooting and better not have anything close to over-penetrating rounds.
Finally you get to a point where a right (not a privilege, but a Constitutional right) costs too much and / or can not be maintained by the lawful citizen.
Then you go to jail for practicing your God given right to protect yourself. While you are in jail, the criminal get to know your wife during the trial, they fall in love, marry, your kids are calling him dad, your doing unspeakable acts to stay alive, and he is watching your big screen TV. I’ve seen it a hundred times.
So, yes or no, do you like performing unspeakable acts? If you answer no, then you should also answer no to ammo back ground regulations. The socially advanced and elite intellectuals (who are the only ones who really should have guns) will trick you using Jedi mind tricks.
So the only way I would vote for a proposal that required a back ground check for ammo is if the proposal included a clause that would state, in detail….
On second thought, having read many confusing proposals, I don’t think this could be done “clearly” beyond, “…the right of the people to keep and bear Arms…” Now that’s clear. So until I get arms like a bear, I want a gun and cases of ammo!
Make that a yes for me in theory, but a big HELL NO in RL.