Provide references to buy a gun? Wha????

[Dave Workman]

Can we stop rampages by getting references from would-be gun buyers?

This morning on KIRO radio, veteran commentator Dave Ross suggested that one possible way to stop shooting rampages is for firearms retailers to require references from would-be gun buyers, an idea that is almost certain to get a bristling reaction from firearms and privacy advocates.

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[lowly monk]

He was always a good boy and I thought it was a gun free zone.

 

[boogerhook]

People too unstable to own firearms maybe need to be institutionalized. If Rodgers had no gun, he'd still used his car and knife to kill innocent people.

 

[RLS]

So we go through a bg check and they check our reference how? They might as well just skip the bg check part.

 

[ConcreteJungle]

Next thing you know...they will require a background check on the references. That's a slippery slope.

 

[Diamondback]

I would politely offer them references of "Sook Mai Diek" and "Heywood Jablome."

 

[41Slinger]

I would politely offer them references of "Sook Mai Diek" and "Heywood Jablome."

Sounds like a guy from Alabama having a Chinese lunch.

 

[Goosebrown]

For what its worth. I know and like every member of NWF and would be happy to write a glowing recommendation for any one of you.