Say what you will, but at least most US citizens have cheap access to quality medical services. You can also buy as many guns as you like or sell them to known criminals, how sweet is that?
Cheap access? Are you insane? Health insurance is incredibly expensive. Even with it, medical costs are through the roof. My ex girlfriend was pregnant with our kid 7-8 years ago and she miscarried. After the hospital procedures and one night stay, the bill was over $32k dollars. Great, we lost our kid and are now more in debt than what we both spent on college. Not a fun time in life.
Yeah, as I parent I empathize. It must have been a trying experience both emotionally and financially. But I has being sarcastic in my comment earlier...
It's of course a felony to sell a gun to a known criminal. Sure, we do that a lot easier in the US because the people are actually allowed to own guns, but I don't think that was the point you were making.
No, of course. But some of the busiest (sell the most) gun shops in the US are known to sell a copious amount of guns that are implicated in many criminal activities. Law enforcement knows this because they could trace the gun back (that's with what they can trace).
Now law enforcement knows this, the gun dealer also knows this and the gun manufacturer also keeps tabs on it's biggest dealers.
The incentive here is to make money, and nothing else. It's funny that while guns are sold and used in actual crimes the Police in that town are too busy 'cashing' in on poor unsuspected (allegedly non-criminal) citizens.
You can only sell firearms face to face to an individual who resides in the same state as you and with whom you have no reason to believe is a criminal. The reality is most people are VERY careful when conducting such transactions as you are exchanging firearms with someone! I know the media would have you believe everyone is very laissez-faire about the whole thing but that is not the reality as I have experienced it.
