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Gun Control & RKBA

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23. I believe the buyer and the uncle lived in different states.

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 12:12 PM

Jun 2014

Wouldn't that be a violation of the law?

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

Good for Kennedy. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #2

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

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