Two of the idiots on this thread were saying you can buy a gun on the aforementioned internet sites without a background check. They were who I was quoting, and they are wrong.
They are.
I would think that the SCOTUS should rule whether it's unconstitutional.
It is unconstitutional, whether SCOTUS rules that way or not. SCOTUS has many times allowed unconstitutional law to stand, or even violated the Constitution themselves.
There is only one way SCOTUS can rule and conform to the Constitution.
SCOTUS has no authority over the Constitution, cannot change the Constitution, cannot interpret the Constitution, and must conform to the Constitution. It is the Constitution that created SCOTUS.
Giving SCOTUS authority over the Constitution is creating an oligarchy and discarding the Constitution.
Here's the problem:
You fill out a form, giving your name and other identifying information to the FBI that you are buying a gun. They conduct a 'background check' as they call it (basically checking if you have a criminal history) and report back to the FFL dealer.
In other words, you are compelled to witness against yourself (a violation of the 5th amendment). It is snooping by the government (a violation of the 4th amendment) and allows them to build a database of gun owners that can later be used against you (a violation of the 2nd amendment). It separates out 'authorized' sellers of guns and individuals selling guns to each other and creates classes of people allowed to own a firearm (a violation of the 14th amendment).
The gun division of the BATF is itself unconstitutional. The federal government has NO authority to ban or limit any weapon or it's accessories. The gun division of the BATF routinely does this. No State has any authority to ban or limit any weapon either. They signed onto this when they joined the Union.
There is NO justification for discarding the Constitution. The right of self defense is inherent. It cannot be taken away. No matter how oppressive a government gets, there WILL be guns and other weapons.
So...what do you do about the mass shooters?
1. Carry a gun...protect yourself and others from these monsters. I welcome any school district that allows the teachers to carry guns to protect themselves and their students. The answer to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. Eliminate 'gun free' zones. They are completely worthless, as demonstrated by every mass shooter killing people in one.
2. Stop the catch and release program for criminals. Letting violent criminals loose on the street after less then 24 hours is not helping anyone except the criminal.
3. Hold ANYONE encouraging criminal activity accountable. That means cities, judges, pyschoquacks, police, bureaucrats, social workers, or anyone else that lets these mass shooters and hoodlums return to the streets with little or no consequence of their actions, or prescribe mind altering drugs that cause homicidal tendencies. If someone is killed by their lax behavior or prescription, they are just as guilty as the shooter himself.
The gun is a tool. It does not kill anyone unless someone puts a cartridge in the chamber and causes the trigger to be pulled. It's the human being that is required to make a gun kill someone.
Democrats blame the gun. Stop blaming an inanimate object for the actions of human beings causing loss of life.
Remember that any scare tactic the Democrats use to try to justify taking away guns only comes back to a justification to carry a gun to protect yourself and others from such criminals.
Remember the purpose of any background check, which is to eventually be used to try to disarm the citizens and make it harder to obtain weapons to defend themselves.