Charlotte gun trafficking case shows both sides of control debate

[jpak]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/26/3814375/charlotte-gun-trafficking-case.html

What happened to Michael Beas illustrates how current gun laws worked well – or how flawed they really are.

For six months last year, Beas bought dozens of assault weapons and sold them without a license at gun shows in Georgia and the Carolinas, court records show. He sold parts for 12 .50-caliber weapons in a hotel parking lot off Interstate 85 in Charlotte. He frequently traveled to Bolivia, a nation with a history of gun trafficking.

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Tompkins says agents are hampered by the lack of a system to track multiple assault weapons purchases.

Even today, authorities don’t know how many guns Beas bought and sold, or who he sold them to.

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Mandatory background checks

Mandatory assault weapon registration

Track sales of assault weapons.

Prosecute the non-abiders with felonies and take their guns.

Yup

[cantbeserious]

1. We Need To Address Both Sides Of The Problem - The Gun Dealers And The Gun Addicts

eom

[iiibbb]

2. So to be clear... he smuggled weapons into the US and then sold true assault weapons, or parts?

Hang him from a rail,

but what does weapons smuggling have to do with legitimate gun ownership? How would a civilian registration program stop gun smuggling? If anything this demonstrates the specific mode that criminals or the insane might obtain weapons.... aside from just stealing them out of a police cruiser.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. when all the guns are confiscated there will be none left to steal. our cops will use tasers and

bobbysticks and mace.

[krispos42]

4. Limit purchases of guns to 12 per year

Unless the person has a license.


If you're buying more than 12 per year, that's something that needs to be looked at. If you're a collector, then getting a license shouldn't be a problem. But if you're buying and then reselling them, you should have an FFL.