Reply #16: Obviously there is a loophole in the law that allows someone to "play musical licenses".

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Rather than attempt to pass another useless "assault weapons" ban, perhaps Congress should rewrite this law to eliminate this loophole.

At the heart of the issue is the fact that the 1968 Gun Control Act treats each new license applicant as a unique entity - even if it is a similarly named company with the same employees. As long as the applicant is a different individual or business entity, ATF cannot consider violations incurred under a former licensee when weighing the new application. Embattled operations can be reborn with a clean slate at the same location trading under the same business name.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121305890_2.html?sid=ST2010121305901

We can work to refine current laws to make them more effective and finance better proactive policing to crack down on illegal gun dealers and those who carry illegal guns. Such an approach to new gun control measures would be far more effective than any bans or schemes such as microstamping ammunition.

We have come a long way in reducing violent crime in our nation, but we can still reduce it further.


source: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/glance/cv2.cfm