Originally Posted by
Gman.45
This is where the first part of your argument, as per my last post, falls flat. How do you know "people usually don't do it"? Do you realize that SO many shootings in Canada where a mag fed semi auto rifle was used, that the crazy who did it had re-modified his magazines back to full capacity? Nova Scotia. Mayorthorpe. Etc. The few shootings we've had with mag fed rifles in Canada, the majority of cases I can find showed the shooter had used high capacity magazines. Again, crazy person is NOT going to care about some magazine law when setting out to commit a bunch of murders. There is no deterrence there, none.
You're also ignorant on how firearms purchases work in the USA. You can't stroll into a gun shop as an 18 year old, declare you're about to go shoot up your school, and have the counter person happily equip you with an assault rifle. The ATF is up gun store's asses in a way you just won't understand unless you're in that industry. EVERY purchase at such stores goes through background checks. Even the left's favorite topic, the "gun show loophole", is no loophole at all, if you attend any gun show in the US these days there is a huge ATF presence and back ground check computers there on site. The few private sellers in a few states that show up at gun shows are the only loophole, as a few states don't require records to be kept by private sellers at gun shows (or anywhere else), and these make up a very, very small percentage of sales.
I don't understand how a store is supposed to show "more" diligence than what they already do, what with the paperwork, background checks on every sale, every employee, etc that already exists. Should someone as you suggested start mouthing off about shooting people, I highly doubt anyone these days would let that slide without pickup up a phone. Beyond that, how is anyone supposed to predict future behavior?