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3. Falsifying 4473's should be prosecuted. It would deter straw purchases where

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 08:21 PM

Jun 2023

someone buys guns for convicted felons, like violent gang members. It would also deter drug addicts who just feel like buying a gun.

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Lying to ATF on gun-purchase form yields few prosecutions, data shows [View all] sl8 Jun 2023 OP

6 page document? MarineCombatEngineer Jun 2023 #1

The one in the article has a revision date of 2022. sl8 Jun 2023 #2

All the gun stores here use an iPad NickB79 Jun 2023 #10

Falsifying 4473's should be prosecuted. It would deter straw purchases where HeartachesNhangovers Jun 2023 #3

Totally agree. I'm fine with H Biden plea deal, but this should lead to Silent Type Jun 2023 #5

Sad thing is most can pass this background check and buy a gun bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #8

Agreed, but again, he is an officer of the court bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #12

Totally agree with you this is a drop in the bucket bottomofthehill Jun 2023 #15

In a perfect world, we'd hire 50,000 new ATF agents NickB79 Jun 2023 #11