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background checks

Why doesn’t the phrase “well regulated militia” allow for — and encourage — background firearms checks, regardless of where or when the gun is purchased? How does this interfere with anybody’s right to become a gun owner if he is qualified?

It is easy to imagine a legal framework in which someone with a record of involuntary commitment is prevented (at least by law) from obtaining a gun.

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