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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:24 AM Original message |
ATF links gun shows to drug weapons |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
1. This story has been floating around for a while now, always dismissed by gun worshipers. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. See my reply #3 for a completely truthful, useful reply by a federally licensed gun collector |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, gun shows have always been exempt...and when the Dems had spines |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's bullshit - If a sale requires a background check in a gun store, it does at a gun show too |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Didn't the VA Tech shooter buy his guns at a gun show? |
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Palin delenda est (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Cho bought his guns at a licensed dealer. He had been diagnosed with mental |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Here's a link to the United States Code, indexed and annotated courtesy of Cornell University |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. You are replying to the wrong post |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. No they are not. Check your state laws. Some ban all private transaction too |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Federal gun laws apply to sales by gun dealers, who have to be federally licensed |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm pretty ignorant on how this works |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That depends on state law - California does not allow private sales at gun shows |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I get how it works now. It's a state issue which varies by state |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I'm sure someone will jump on this that has more knowledge |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Texas doesn't require background checks by private sellers ANYWHERE |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Right, I should have made that distinction |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Another problems is that many older guns.. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. If you're selling guns as a business, anywhere, you need to be licensed. |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not absolutely sure |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Old Codger has it right |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's less than 3,000 a year |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
11. "STOLEN or purchased at a gunshow" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Stolen, OR purchased at a gun show, OR imported from Central or South America |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. You are correct - they are STOLEN |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Often from the Mexican army or Mexican police |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. They ARE still required to fill out paperwork and a background check. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. Most are STOLEN |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. There is squishyness built into this, concerning the legalities - |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. So out of 100K guns, we know that 12K might have been either stolen or private purchases at gunshows |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Ford still sells black cars, so it's Ford's fault that there are millions of black cars on the roads |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh god not this shit again. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. that is called the gun show loop |
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