# 2013 State of The Union - Let's Go

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 13, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-state-of-the-union-lets-go/650142 "2013-02-13T02:13:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2013-state-of-the-union-lets-go/650142/66 "2013-02-13T16:14:52Z")

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> [@Debaser](#):
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> Go back to my example from earlier in the thread: If I give my nephew a gun to go deer hunting with, should I be locked up for not doing a background check?

Maybe.

What if it turns out your nephew is a crazy drug-fiend who’s had run-ins with the law or had been locked up for mental health reasons, unknown to you (because why should you know every detail about someone who’s not your own son). He then takes your deer rifle out and shoots a bunch of co-workers with it.

Maybe if you’d done a background check, he’d have never gotten that gun.

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