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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2014, 10:58 AM Feb 2014

EXCLUSIVE: Buying a gun on Facebook takes 15 minutes for children, felons, and people without IDs [View all]

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Fifteen minutes.

That’s all it takes for children, felons, and people without IDs to buy illegal weapons on Facebook pages dedicated to the sale and celebration of guns.

A VentureBeat investigation has uncovered dozens of pages on Facebook where guns are for sale, including semi-automatic weapons, handguns, and silencers. While the transactions don’t actually happen on Facebook, the social network is a remarkably easy way to find shady people willing to sell you a weapon — no questions asked. The illegal transactions then take place in diners, dark parking lots, and isolated country roads — away from the prying eyes of the feds and local police.

In Kentucky, Greenup County Sheriff Keith Cooper remembers when a call came into dispatch last October saying a 15-year-old student had been arrested on the Greenup County High School campus for carrying an unlicensed and loaded 9mm handgun to school. The boy was arrested and brought to Cooper’s office for an interview.

When Cooper, a former Kentucky State Trooper with a heavy Southern drawl, asked the kid where he got the gun, his reply was shocking: Facebook.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/26/exclusive-buying-a-gun-on-facebook-takes-15-minutes

Gungeoneers and sockpuppets defending their fetish downstream seem to think I wrote the article and 'wonder what my point is.' Funny how they don't take this tack with articles simply posted on other subjects, but I'll bite...

[font size="5"]ALL ILLEGAL ACTS WITH GUNS START WITH LEGAL ACTS WITH GUNS[/font]

Be it with a buyer or a seller.

Gun culture is flooding our country with death. Guns are part of the anchor pulling America to the bottom.

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These transactions should be illegal MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #1
They are illegal. former9thward Feb 2014 #2
Clearly in the excerpt posted in the OP. LanternWaste Feb 2014 #4
Maybe you should be replying with your snark to the poster I was replying to. former9thward Feb 2014 #8
But it does show just how un-law-abiding gun owners really are, despite what they tell us. Hoyt Feb 2014 #9
Everyone, without fail, says and actually thinks they are a good driver. former9thward Feb 2014 #13
No, but maybe we should license them and database all of their vehicles' registrations... onehandle Feb 2014 #17
They all say they are good drivers. former9thward Feb 2014 #19
perhaps people should be mandated to buy insurance if they operate a motor vehicle.. frylock Feb 2014 #24
Insurance is not required for vehicles on your property. former9thward Feb 2014 #25
Yes. The endless circles of NRA issued diversions have served you well. onehandle Feb 2014 #33
Are your cards 4x6? former9thward Feb 2014 #35
Another substance-less slur. Straw Man Feb 2014 #39
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #23
None of which is required for simple ownership. beevul Feb 2014 #31
Going bad. Straw Man Feb 2014 #32
You are just trying to protect your access to gunz. Hoyt Feb 2014 #37
I think ... Straw Man Feb 2014 #42
Take it up with the Democratic Party who you claim to support. former9thward Feb 2014 #47
You can lay your gunz down, that would be a better choice for society. Hoyt Feb 2014 #50
For your concept of 'society'. former9thward Feb 2014 #53
CARS ARE NOT GUNS. Chorophyll Feb 2014 #40
And pianos are not guns. former9thward Feb 2014 #49
Ahh. This one incident is representative of all gun owners... beevul Feb 2014 #30
If it were only one incident, but it's not just one. Hoyt Feb 2014 #51
Sure just like me, right? ... spin Feb 2014 #54
You can use Facebook to commit crimes? Who would have thought. hack89 Feb 2014 #3
Super duper illegal MO_Moderate Feb 2014 #5
Shows how un-law-abiding gun fanciers really are. Hoyt Feb 2014 #10
You keep forgetting the word "all" cherokeeprogressive Feb 2014 #11
I'm saying that those gun fanciers who say gun lovers are law-abiding, are lying to protect their Hoyt Feb 2014 #26
Ahem. Straw Man Feb 2014 #45
Unlike gun fanciers, I don't have a writing "crutch" or disregard for impact of gunz upon society. Hoyt Feb 2014 #48
No more no less than anyone else in America hack89 Feb 2014 #16
And how un-law-abiding Facebook users are. Dr. Strange Feb 2014 #20
Do you have a point? The transactions you describe are illegal badtoworse Feb 2014 #6
We could solve this easily with more guns. Orrex Feb 2014 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #12
I heard you can buy Crack, Meth and Heroin on Facebook too. dilby Feb 2014 #14
Bans teh Gunz!!!1! aikoaiko Feb 2014 #15
You mean the type that go up? n/t oneshooter Feb 2014 #18
Yeah, that's it. The should thing that goes up. aikoaiko Feb 2014 #21
Every illegal gun begins as a legal gun... alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #22
Please explain ... Straw Man Feb 2014 #34
I can get you lots of links - raven mad Feb 2014 #27
wow sweetapogee Feb 2014 #28
FACEBOOK! IS THERE NO END TO THE PERFIDITY FOR WHENCE THOU ART RESPONSIBLE????!?!??! Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #29
This seems to have upset team NRA. Oddly. DanTex Feb 2014 #36
Criminals and 15-year olds are customers. onehandle Feb 2014 #38
It's certainly brought them out into the daylight. Chorophyll Feb 2014 #44
CALL ZUCKERMAN RIGHT FUCKING NOW !!!!!! seveneyes Feb 2014 #41
People control... Sancho Feb 2014 #43
But... Freedumb! nt onehandle Feb 2014 #46
It's still BS that would not survive court scrutiny. badtoworse Feb 2014 #52
Locking Sissyk Feb 2014 #55
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