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James Holmes, the Aurora Colorado theater shooter. Between May 12th and July 10th of last year Holmes bought 6,300 rounds of ammunition, two pistols, a .223 caliber Smith & Wesson AR-15 assault weapon, a shotgun, body armor, bomb-making materials and handcuffs. And no one noticed. http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/three-sensible-ways-aurora-shooting-c
Had Holmes had a cold and needed to buy Sudafed here is the list of "requirements" retailers need to sell it to him:
Required a retrievable record of all purchases, identifying the name and address of each party, to be kept for two years
Required verification of proof of identity of all purchasers
Required protection and disclosure methods in the collection of personal information
Required reports to the Attorney General of any suspicious payments or disappearances of the regulated products
Required training of employees with regard to the requirements of the CMEA. Retailers must self-certify as to training and compliance.
The non-liquid dose form of regulated products may only be sold in unit dose blister packs
Regulated products must be stored behind the counter or in a locked cabinet in such a way as to restrict public access
Sales limits (per customer):
Daily sales limitmust not exceed 3.6 grams of pseudoephedrine base without regard to the number of transactions
30-day (not monthly) sales limitmust not exceed 7.5 grams of pseudoephedrine base if sold by mail order or "mobile retail vendor"
30-day purchase limitmust not exceed 9 grams of pseudoephedrine base. (A misdemeanor possession offense under 21 U.S.C. § 844a for the person who buys it.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoephedrine
Go ahead tell me how guns are "over regulated".
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)The whole thing is crazy. Our priorities couldn't be more screwed up...
jillan
(39,451 posts)mess up my head is Advil Cold and Sinus. The original one.
They sell it behind the counter.
I have to stand in line - no biggy. Show my driver's license. Electronically sign for it.
And can only buy 2 boxes at a time - which is fine, but since it is kind of a hassle, I would like to stock up for 6 months.
I guess I could rant and stomp my feet that my rights are being infringed because a handful of people use pseudoephedrine to make meth.... and that I am a good 'guy' with allergies....
but I don't. I need to buy this 'over the counter' medicine, and if this is what I have to do to buy it, so be it.
So when I hear gun nuts say they don't want to have to go thru this to buy a weapon that is used for killing, all I can say is
boo-hoo - cry me a f-ing river!!