Gun Control & RKBA

Straw Man

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21. Absolutely wrong.

Fri May 15, 2015, 01:56 PM

May 2015

The straw sale is illegal, the purchase is legal.

Nope. You've got it exactly backwards -- the seller's actions are legal. The seller does the required background check and then legally transfers the firearm. The buyer then hands it over to his/her lowlife "prohibited person" partner, which is the illegal part. The purchaser completed the transaction under false pretenses, including falsely signing a statement that he/she is the "actual buyer" -- in other words, buying it with his/her own funds and keeping it in his/her own possession. The seller did not commit a crime as long as he/she did the background check, which all FFLs are required by law to do.

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8 % OF U.S. GUN DEALERS SELL ILLEGAL GUNS USED IN CRIME [View all] Nasty Jack May 2015 OP

Don't bother following the link, it just goes to this spammers blog. clffrdjk May 2015 #1

I like SPAM sarisataka May 2015 #2

I went looking for a good spam meme clffrdjk May 2015 #4

Reply Nasty Jack May 2015 #8

How did flaming lib get your link an hour before you did? clffrdjk May 2015 #9

Is this that Italy guy back again??? ileus May 2015 #13

Could be, I can't remember if he was pushing a blog or not. clffrdjk May 2015 #14

He ONLY linked to his blog. MikeB20002 or something like that. ileus May 2015 #15

That's right now I remember. clffrdjk May 2015 #16

He is actually a guy from Oregon, who "retired" the 'expat from New Jersey' persona... friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #22

Diffrent fella, google his name n/t oneshooter May 2015 #26

I meant MikeB30200 is from Oregon, not Nasty Jack friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #29

YOUR BILLY MAYS KEY IS STUCK IN krispos42 May 2015 #3

The mid-90s called. beevul May 2015 #5

Forget the OP flamin lib May 2015 #6

See post #5 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #7

No such thing as a "legal straw purchase" Shamash May 2015 #10

That from a declared 'legal professional': friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #23

Tell me you're kidding Nasty!! pablo_marmol May 2015 #11

legal straw purchase...no such thing. ileus May 2015 #12

First of all ... Straw Man May 2015 #17

The straw sale is illegal, the purchase is legal. nt flamin lib May 2015 #18

Strike that; reverse it sarisataka May 2015 #19

you're just being overly technical discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #20

Absolutely wrong. Straw Man May 2015 #21

I got it right. flamin lib May 2015 #28

No. The purchase was ILLEGAL. Straw Man May 2015 #30

"ILLEGAL GUNS." What are these? I have yet to see one, although a de-miled Ma Deuce Eleanors38 May 2015 #24

Uh, no. Eleanors38 May 2015 #25

WHAT YOU SELLING THERE, JACK? CAN OF BEANS? Eleanors38 May 2015 #27

Holy Thunder Puha Ekapi May 2015 #31