I'm not sure I understand why you think there would be an effort to destroy the NICS and I am unclear as to why a 10 day waiting period is significantly more than an inconvenience to the purchaser. I am a gun owner and I am considering the purchase of another hand gun. Having to wait 3 days, 5 days, 10 days, or longer is not a big deal and I'm trying to understand the scenarios in which it would be.
This argument is ridiculous, in my opinion. "It would be a federal crime, for instance, in your back yard, if you lived out in “the country,” to give your rifle to your buddy so he could help you zero it. If someone decided to report you (a neighbor hearing shots, or some schmuck driving down the road) to the ATF, they could come and arrest you for breaking the “no private transfer” law. You’d have to go to a regulated shooting range to give your buddy your rifle, and God forbid he leaves with it."
Based on the legal definitions of 'transfer,' this argument seems quite far-fetched.
Legal definitions:
Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.
Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.
Transfer means any assignment, pledge, conveyance, sale, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, grant of a security interest, issuance of a participation interest, or other disposition, either directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise.
I'm not sure I understand why you think there would be an effort to destroy the NICS and I am unclear as to why a 10 day waiting period is significantly more than an inconvenience to the purchaser. I am a gun owner and I am considering the purchase of another hand gun. Having to wait 3 days, 5 days, 10 days, or longer is not a big deal and I'm trying to understand the scenarios in which it would be.
This argument is ridiculous, in my opinion. "It would be a federal crime, for instance, in your back yard, if you lived out in “the country,” to give your rifle to your buddy so he could help you zero it. If someone decided to report you (a neighbor hearing shots, or some schmuck driving down the road) to the ATF, they could come and arrest you for breaking the “no private transfer” law. You’d have to go to a regulated shooting range to give your buddy your rifle, and God forbid he leaves with it."
Based on the legal definitions of 'transfer,' this argument seems quite far-fetched.
Legal definitions:
Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.
Transfer is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.
Transfer means any assignment, pledge, conveyance, sale, transfer, mortgage, encumbrance, grant of a security interest, issuance of a participation interest, or other disposition, either directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise.