Quote Originally Posted by Spartana View Post
But I do think a waiting period to purchase any kind of firearm is a good thing to have in place. Not only does it give time to do things like criminal and mental health background checks, any training and safety course that may be required, etc... but it allows for a cooling off period if someone is angry.
I hear that "cooling off period", but it makes me think that if a person doesn't have a gun at the moment and want to kill someone, that's where the knife, blunt object" hands and feet murders come into play. That seems way more likely than someone driving to the gunstore, picking out a gun, going through the background check, driving back and killing the victim. If they did that, they just set themselves up for a 1st degree murder charge.