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Lurks Often

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14. Federal law: Up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 08:52 AM

Sep 2014

http://www.dontlie.org/straw_purchasing.cfm

Note that it is the ATF and the National Shooting Sports Foundation that are working together to promote this.

Wonder why the various gun control groups haven't signed on to help.

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Woman faces sentencing for buying killer his guns [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP

As a firearms owner, all I can say is NickB79 Sep 2014 #1

+10000 Adrahil Sep 2014 #17

Sounds fair to me. In my opinion anyone who straw purchases a firearm should be ... spin Sep 2014 #2

Charge the sellers, too alcibiades_mystery Sep 2014 #7

As long as an investigation shows that the seller should have known that the buyer ... spin Sep 2014 #8

Should be longer than 10 years Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #3

Excellent, straw buyers need big time punishment for abusing my rights. ileus Sep 2014 #4

In many states safeinOhio Sep 2014 #5

--or a gun show. Hoppy Sep 2014 #6

and even then if the seller had known the individual Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #9

Money involved, so safeinOhio Sep 2014 #10

depends Duckhunter935 Sep 2014 #11

Most likely it is rare safeinOhio Sep 2014 #12

At least ten years beemer27 Sep 2014 #13

Federal law: Up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine Lurks Often Sep 2014 #14

"Wonder why the various gun control groups haven't signed on to help." Good question friendly_iconoclast Sep 2014 #16

as soon as I saw the headline, I knew it would be this case magical thyme Sep 2014 #15