The straw purchasers: ‘Don’t let this happen to you’

[SecularMotion]

Presidential candidate Barack Obama was resting in his Kenwood home on the morning of Sept. 23, 2008, after a fund-raiser the night before in Chicago.

Outside, a drama was unfolding as police stopped a BMW at the security barriers protecting his house. Officers found a Fabrique Nationale Herstal .40-caliber handgun and a bullet­proof vest in the car.

They learned the man behind the wheel was a felon barred from owning a firearm. And when federal agents conducted an urgent ownership check on the gun, they discovered his wife bought the weapon earlier that year at a suburban store.

Shantella Spencer later admitted she was a “straw purchaser.”

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/14616191-418/the-straw-purchasers-dont-let-this-happen-to-you.html

[holdencaufield]

1. Another Shining Example ...

... of how gun control laws stop crime.

Well done, legislators!

[ManiacJoe]

2. And once again

the federal felony charge was discarded by the prosecution.

[rl6214]

3. WOW, a committed felon, committing a felony...whodathunkit?

That was the point you were trying to make, right?