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Straw Man

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32. It was illegal in California too.

Reply to Lizzie Poppet (Reply #27)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 06:13 PM

Dec 2015

That is to say, it woudl have been illegal for whoever bought those guns to hand them over to that couple unless they had a background check performed.

Same in CA. It didn't seem to deter them.

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Explosives were found "rigged on remote control cars" (in San Bernardino) [View all] darkangel218 Dec 2015 OP

Where did they get their bombs and guns? JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #1

Illegally, obviously. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #6

Not so leftynyc Dec 2015 #9

It appears the two guns were bought legally by someone else darkangel218 Dec 2015 #10

How fucked up is it leftynyc Dec 2015 #12

And from the "black market". darkangel218 Dec 2015 #13

Yeah. Straw Man Dec 2015 #15

The guns were bought legally leftynyc Dec 2015 #16

And handed over illegally. Straw Man Dec 2015 #18

The NRA is against every single leftynyc Dec 2015 #23

It is not helpful to make such statements Mojorabbit Dec 2015 #30

The people didn't ignore the laws -- they circumvented them. Proving the need pnwmom Dec 2015 #35

Missed the point by a mile. Straw Man Dec 2015 #31

How about this point? gratuitous Dec 2015 #33

That's not a point. Straw Man Dec 2015 #37

Thanks for your response gratuitous Dec 2015 #40

You're welcome. Straw Man Dec 2015 #41

That would have been illegal here in Oregon. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2015 #27

It was illegal in California too. Straw Man Dec 2015 #32

What are the consequences for violating this law? Crunchy Frog Dec 2015 #34

Wrong question. beevul Dec 2015 #36

See above post. Straw Man Dec 2015 #38

I was thinking that leftynyc Dec 2015 #39

Loopholes. Straw Man Dec 2015 #43

But we don't know leftynyc Dec 2015 #44

No, we don't. Straw Man Dec 2015 #45

Already know laws were broken leftynyc Dec 2015 #46

You're not making any sense. Straw Man Dec 2015 #49

You're not understanding me leftynyc Dec 2015 #50

I think it's you who doesn't understand. Straw Man Dec 2015 #51

California has UBC laws that prohibit that Lee-Lee Dec 2015 #25

The handguns were bought legally, the rifles are illegal under CA law Lurks Often Dec 2015 #24

Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik? Baclava Dec 2015 #2

they must have been really mad about that workplace argument 6chars Dec 2015 #4

It was premeditated. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #7

Or maybe purposefully started giving him an excuse to leave? polly7 Dec 2015 #8

That is probably what happened. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #11

The rigged car thing - where have I heard that before? 6chars Dec 2015 #14

"The Dead Pool" -- Dirty Harry. Straw Man Dec 2015 #17

Yes, that was it. 6chars Dec 2015 #19

Call of Duty?? Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #47

yes, that was it 6chars Dec 2015 #48

But they had arranged for the mother to watch the baby in the morning, Yo_Mama Dec 2015 #22

wonder where they got the idea and the know-how to rig these things... RayLib Dec 2015 #20

high school auto shop class? 6chars Dec 2015 #21

Remote control car out? What is that? Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #3

Thanks. I posted from my cell. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #5

Just a disgruntled employee... TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2015 #26

Because employees who are happy at their jobs target their coworkers at parties ck4829 Dec 2015 #29

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #28

Wow, they were going to do something even worse. Glad they were stopped finally. Rex Dec 2015 #42