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As for bans other than assault rifles, the GOSAFE act is a nice example: bans almost all modern handguns, as they're recoil operated and striker fired, and thus fall under "a recoil-operated system that utilizes the recoil force to unlock the breech bolt and then to complete the cycle of extracting, ejecting, and reloading" but not "is a single or double action semi-automatic handgun that uses recoil to cycle the action of the handgun" (as striker fired is neither considered single nor double action).

But my point isn't that. My point was specifically the ban on private sales by routing them through an intermediary and generating profit for them. One thus can rightfully call most universal background check bills "free money for gun stores" bills. And finding a reference for that isn't hard: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/715/text -> "It shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to transfer a firearm to any other person who is not so licensed, unless a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer has first taken possession of the firearm for the purpose of complying with subsection".

This provision isn't required for universal background checks, but just is there to cause financial harm. There is literally no reason why the NICS check can't be provided online, specifically because that's what it already is - for gun stores. And even we presumed for the sake of the argument that the internet didn't exist - let's have the police station be a possible (tax funded) intermediary then.

And also, see a pattern? This is primarily not bad intention in those bills, but bad workmanship...