such a funny time for this discourse again ☕
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Fun fact: NC "recently" (idfk 1-2yr ago) got rid of their Pistol Purchase Permit required to buy a handgun, because it was found that the Sheriffs (who had the authority to approve the permits) were using the law to discriminate. Iirc around the time I read 60% of denials were to black people. That state and others still gatekeep the CCW permit behind the exact same system. Just evidence to your point.
That said, a jury can be, and often is as we've seen, racist too. A NICs check oughta be enough, if you can't trust someone to carry one you can't trust them to have it at all imo. Hell even a NICs check, I personally think nonviolent felons should have a path back to firearms ownership, and don't care if someone is an unlawful user of marijuana.
Manditory safety training, depending on price and time, imo is a barrier to entry for the poor and trivial for the rich. It'd have to be well thought out.
Permits? Bad. Registry? Literal fascism, it's time to "go." Idfc if it's jury, idfc if it's private companies not the feds, no.
Because we've all seen how companies that promised to keep your data safe totally keep that promise! No registry, idfc of it's a "non partisan citizen organization" or data is not safe with anyone!
Background checks? Sure, but burn the data after(not going to happen, I know). But it's better than letting literally anyone buy one. But if you think something like a registry or permits, something they need to keep track of periodically, won't be weaponized against a group of minorities disproportionately then I got some beach front property in Tennessee to sell you.