No charges for seller who sold gun to W.Va. killer

[hollowdweller]

58. In an ideal situation

Every gun would have a title like a car.

Before the transfer went thru the paperwork would have to be filled out and sent in and then the seller could sell to the buyer.

During that time a criminal background check would be completed.

However at this point people are convinced that if we had a situation where every gun had a title that the government could come in and confiscate their guns later on if the law changed. It's not entirely without precedent either.

I really thought the Heller decision would have paved the way for something like the above, since with the right to own guns guaranteed by law there would be no reason to be afraid of a gun having a title.

However the decision was so ambiguously written that it allows for the NRA to keep on fundraising on the registration leads to confiscation meme. Maybe that was the intention. Why kill the cash cow??

I live in WV and my old neighbor who had done time for attempted murder owned a gun and used to poach deer all the time. He couldn't own a gun legally. He went back to prison though.

What I found disturbing about the whole thing, rather than how he got is gun, was the guy had actually taken another GF hostage, had to be talked out by law enforcement several years earlier and the guy only did 3 years!!!! I know people who have sold prescription drugs who did more time than that!!!