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Gun Control & RKBA

blueridge3210

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7. Didn't really answer the question

Reply to Starboard Tack (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 16, 2014, 06:02 PM

Jun 2014

and what my kid does or doesn't do with the firearm is not the issue. According to the law all I have to do is buy the firearm and when questioned say that I am the purchaser. Once I get home, if I decide to give/transfer the firearm to another non-prohibited person the law does not apply. Looks like the purchaser messed up by filling out the form as if was the "purchaser" then made a statement of some sort to say his uncle was the actual purchaser. The court had little option but to rule the way it did or invalidate the law regarding straw purchases. As a former LEO one would think he would get better legal advice.

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Supreme Court deals rare blow to gun purchases [View all] SecularMotion Jun 2014 OP

So Kennedy did the right thing for once, and Scalia and the other criminals on court randys1 Jun 2014 #1

Good for Kennedy. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2

I am assuming that is the breakdown, the article didnt say and I didnt pursue randys1 Jun 2014 #3

Not sure how you effectively enforce this. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #4

Nobody will know unless there is an incident. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #5

Didn't really answer the question blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #7

The way I see it, no firearms laws are really enforceable, if someone wants to circumnavigate them. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #8

Strange, a bunch of people blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #9

There's a difference between enforceable and getting caught. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #11

That makes no sense at all. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #12

Speeding is enforceable. It happens in public. Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #13

If people are arrested, prosecuted blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #14

Sure, on a very minimal level Starboard Tack Jun 2014 #18

Nice tangent. blueridge3210 Jun 2014 #19

As I recall, the purchaser bought the gun in Virginia Jenoch Jun 2014 #10

The man being prosecuted in this case for a straw purchase Jenoch Jun 2014 #6

The author gets it wrong. HALO141 Jun 2014 #15

I believe the buyer and the uncle lived in different states. Jenoch Jun 2014 #23

It would be but gejohnston Jun 2014 #24

I still don't think he did anything wrong. Jenoch Jun 2014 #25

I am not seeing how this is a "rare blow to gun purchases". ManiacJoe Jun 2014 #16

A foolish dissent by Scalia. Packerowner740 Jun 2014 #17

Wouldn't this be considered a straw purchase too? HockeyMom Jun 2014 #20

No, it is a gift under the Gun Control Act gejohnston Jun 2014 #21

A "Rare Blow"? Really? DonP Jun 2014 #22