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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
10. Do the words "Straw buyers will go on road trips" mean anything to you?
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 10:53 PM
Jan 2012

They should:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x435859

ATF announces new rules to encourage road trips by straw buyers

...One hopes that the straw buyers will get a nice mileage allowance as they make a circuit of multiple gun shops within their
home states, and that their bosses provide them with safe, fuel-efficient vehicles in which to do so.

Security theater at its finest....


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=118x435675#435865

friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts)

Response to Reply #9
22. This "**sensible** policy" will encourage straw buyers to go on road trips...

in order to buy 1 (one) gun each at multiple gun shops within each state.
Which they can repeat after a suitable interval has passed...

This practice was known as "smurfing" in South Florida when used to launder money, and later multiple purchases of pseudoephdrine.
This is security theater promulgated by the cynical- and swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the gullible.


I do see one positive in all this. This will stimulate the travel industry in those states affected...

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Don't trust someone who breaks down the door. E6-B Jan 2012 #1
What's your point? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #3
Sorry I though this was the 'two outcomes thread' E6-B Jan 2012 #7
Makes a lot of sense Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #2
But not as much as it could make. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #4
Good point. It should apply to all states. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #5
Yea, thats why the NSSF came up with burf Jan 2012 #6
Yes. Very critical. Major fuckup. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #12
Do the words "Straw buyers will go on road trips" mean anything to you? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #10
Yeah, doesn't really interest me that much Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #14
The backlash cometh, eh? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #16
Usually does, doesn't it? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #17
Tell me, where's the 'backlash' to the civil rights movement? X_Digger Jan 2012 #18
Bluntly, there are too many people that like the idea to go back. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #19
Here's a little more information burf Jan 2012 #13
About time something was done... ellisonz Jan 2012 #8
It will be as helpful as the 1994-2004 ban on bayonet mounts was. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #11
This should make people feel good... ileus Jan 2012 #9
I'm sure we'll see a big reduction in Mexican cartel gun violence starting now. aikoaiko Jan 2012 #15
One thing missing in this discussion is who is buying the guns in Mexico? SteveW Jan 2012 #20
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