Why Gun Control advocates will end up with egg on their face once again...

[iverglas]

132. c'mon back down to earth now

I really didn't mean to confuse you with that moon talk.

Here's the statement I replied to:

Gun ownership up while murders are down

Gun ownership. Not number of guns sold. So lets stick to our muttons, 'k?

Records- prohibited by law. Would records stop straw man purchases? Not with the current DOJ

Well, the registry in Canada sure seems to but a damper on straw sales. We just don't hear of many at all. There was that time some bunch of people tried to buy up a lot of M1 Garands for export to the US disguised as car parts - importation into the US is illegal - and the firearms registry flagged the unusual purchase pattern around the country and the would-be smugglers were caught. (I don't care what the reasons are for the US import ban; the fact is that the Cdn registry identified a trafficking attempt.)

Individual straw sales? What fool with a clean record and a licence would buy a gun for their buddy the criminal, knowing that if buddy is caught with it, it can be traced straight to Mr./Ms. law-abiding gun owner with the tap of a few keys? The odd fool, no doubt. But we just don't hear of any. Crime guns that are traced are found to be overwhelmingly stolen in Canada or trafficked in from the US, in roughly equal proportions.

Ooooh, and that "current DOJ" stuff. That is such a fine hobbyhorse, that one, isn't it?

Retail sales=number of buyers? No But then there seems to be either a few very wealthy collectors or the NCIS has a virus

Actually, I'd suggest there is likely a noticeable block of people who already own firearms buying more. I don't go for silly false dichotomies, myself.

Machine guns at Wal mart?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=22017

Damn those private videos. Now I'll never know what that guy said. Does he post at DU? Or did you think slackmaster was adopting his comments?