Gun Control & RKBA

thucythucy

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16. The article says the straw dealer

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 05:45 PM

Apr 2014

who has been convicted, paid $1500 cash for the weapons, "which should have raised suspicions." If I went to an airport and tried buying airline tickets for $1500 cash, I suspect someone would pull me aside to ask for more details. Who the hell carries $1500 in cash to buy anything these days? Oh, right, law abiding gun enthusiasts.

And the shop is admitting they were lax by agreeing to step up their vigilance, however worthless you might believe such efforts to be. To me the fact that the shop agreed to these steps indicates to me they weren't taking all the steps necessary to keep guns out of the hands of straw buyers. Hopefully, now that they've agreed to these conditions, this won't be a problem in the future.

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Was there something you wanted to discuss about this article? (NT) blueridge3210 Apr 2014 #1

Hopefully this will start a trend. thucythucy Apr 2014 #2

It is something the Brady Campaign has been doing for years gejohnston Apr 2014 #3

Can't speak to the motivations of people I don't know, thucythucy Apr 2014 #7

you missed my point gejohnston Apr 2014 #9

No I didn't. thucythucy Apr 2014 #13

yes you did gejohnston Apr 2014 #15

Weird that you use the liquor store analogy. thucythucy Apr 2014 #17

the dram shop law gejohnston Apr 2014 #18

Since the Brady Campagin settled out of court for so little gejohnston Apr 2014 #4

You mean, since the family of the murder victim settled out of court. thucythucy Apr 2014 #8

I'm saying that the gejohnston Apr 2014 #11

I'll leave it up to the family to decide for themselves thucythucy Apr 2014 #12

glass houses gejohnston Apr 2014 #14

The article says the straw dealer thucythucy Apr 2014 #16

ever work in an auto parts store? gejohnston Apr 2014 #19

Yeah, right. Fifteen hundred dollars in cash thucythucy Apr 2014 #20

who said anything about walking around money? gejohnston Apr 2014 #21

The article suggests that the straw purchaser was not prosecuted for the felony. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #5

that is seems to be a typical sentence for gejohnston Apr 2014 #6

My bad. I misread the article to think no prosecution happened at all. ManiacJoe Apr 2014 #10