A Libertarian Case for Resurrecting the Manchin-Toomey Compromise - NYTimes.com - Robert A. Levy:
April 26, 2013 - "I’m a libertarian who played a role in reducing handgun restrictions in the nation’s capital. In 2008, in a landmark case I helped initiate, Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that the Second Amendment protected an individual’s right to bear arms....
"The focus on background checks should not distract gun owners from the positive provisions in the Manchin-Toomey proposal.
"It would allow Americans to buy handguns from out-of-state sellers, which is not allowed currently.
"It would explicitly prohibit the creation of a national gun registry, and make it a felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, to misuse records from the national database used for background checks.
"It would affirm that unloaded guns with a lock mechanism in place can be transported across state lines.
"It would immunize private gun sellers from lawsuits if a gun they have sold is used unlawfully, unless the seller knows or should have known that the buyer provided false information or was otherwise ineligible to buy a gun."
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/opinion/a-libertarian-case-for-resurrecting-the-manchin-toomey-compromise.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1367154814-QuUFWFCDXEyvrd8t0rC1Kw
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April 26, 2013 - "I’m a libertarian who played a role in reducing handgun restrictions in the nation’s capital. In 2008, in a landmark case I helped initiate, Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court declared for the first time that the Second Amendment protected an individual’s right to bear arms....
"The focus on background checks should not distract gun owners from the positive provisions in the Manchin-Toomey proposal.
"It would allow Americans to buy handguns from out-of-state sellers, which is not allowed currently.
"It would explicitly prohibit the creation of a national gun registry, and make it a felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison, to misuse records from the national database used for background checks.
"It would affirm that unloaded guns with a lock mechanism in place can be transported across state lines.
"It would immunize private gun sellers from lawsuits if a gun they have sold is used unlawfully, unless the seller knows or should have known that the buyer provided false information or was otherwise ineligible to buy a gun."
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/opinion/a-libertarian-case-for-resurrecting-the-manchin-toomey-compromise.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1367154814-QuUFWFCDXEyvrd8t0rC1Kw
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