Because I know you've made a thorough study of the issues, I want to do some rereading of the amendment so I can more accurately tell you what I dislike in it. I doubt you'll agree with my conclusions of course, but I'm not really looking to change anyone's mind.
OK, read through the amendment again. Yeah, I still don't support it. The wording of the amendment says that Law Enforcement can only access the data in this database in the course of an active criminal investigation, and then only to data relevant to their own jurisdiction. This, in my opinion, is a classic flaw in the amendment, and is applicable to the District of Columbia where guns cannot even be purchased. Under this amendment, if a gun used to commit a crime in DC was purchased say in VA, the trace data would be inadmissible in a court of law.
I don't own a gun myself, but if I did (and I have considered it on occasion) I would feel exactly the same way. The reason I have never owned a gun is that I feel no compelling reason to do so, and feel there are several reasons not to own one.
Anyway, we're never going to agree since we clearly do not agree on how this amendment is to be accurately interpreted.
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OK, read through the amendment again. Yeah, I still don't support it. The wording of the amendment says that Law Enforcement can only access the data in this database in the course of an active criminal investigation, and then only to data relevant to their own jurisdiction. This, in my opinion, is a classic flaw in the amendment, and is applicable to the District of Columbia where guns cannot even be purchased. Under this amendment, if a gun used to commit a crime in DC was purchased say in VA, the trace data would be inadmissible in a court of law.
I don't own a gun myself, but if I did (and I have considered it on occasion) I would feel exactly the same way. The reason I have never owned a gun is that I feel no compelling reason to do so, and feel there are several reasons not to own one.
Anyway, we're never going to agree since we clearly do not agree on how this amendment is to be accurately interpreted.