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friendly_iconoclast

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53. An argument from authority, by a "legal professional" that gets the law wrong?
Fri May 15, 2015, 10:04 PM
May 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=167005

When a criminal wants a gun he or she doesn't steal it like cops and the National Rifle Assn.tell us. They obtain it through a legal straw purchase



http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=167031

No such thing as a "legal straw purchase"

A "straw purchase" is defined as "the illegal purchase of a firearm by one person for another", as you might read on the ATF web site:

https://www.atf.gov/publications/factsheets/factsheet-dont-lie-campaign.html

...along with reports of prosecutions for same:

https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/three-dover-men-indicted-conspiracy-involving-straw-purchase-handgun


I predict an entertaining, yet abbreviated career here at DU



K&R..... daleanime May 2015 #1
Finding an OP title... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #2
By what portion would UBC reduce that number? clffrdjk May 2015 #3
It's just another on the hit parade list discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #4
Oh yea I fully expect the "it's a good first step" reply clffrdjk May 2015 #5
I just wonder who he used to be? DonP May 2015 #9
Lol he does seem a bit familiar but I haven't been around enough lately to give a good guess. clffrdjk May 2015 #11
I applaud the newbie's enthusiasm, but ManiacJoe May 2015 #6
Did you know that the magazine Mother Jones takes its name from a women that was the Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #7
Anyone who uses Mother Jones as an objective source on this issue has questionable intelligence Shamash May 2015 #8
NOT TO WORRY Nasty Jack May 2015 #40
An argument from authority, by a "legal professional" that gets the law wrong? friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #53
Here, let me fix that for you. beevul May 2015 #10
Here to stay. Nasty Jack May 2015 #12
Now that there is funny stuff! DonP May 2015 #16
Fine. Get back to me on the 12th... beevul May 2015 #17
Golly. We've never encountered and ardent gun control advocate before. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #18
I guess that makes you #3 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #19
ROFL... beevul May 2015 #20
When will that be exactly? clffrdjk May 2015 #21
My replies. Nasty Jack May 2015 #24
If everyone you are talking to doesn't make sense to you maybe you are the problem. clffrdjk May 2015 #27
The comments Nasty Jack May 2015 #29
My point stands clffrdjk May 2015 #35
Several have shown that your contention about no restrictions is demonstrably false. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #33
LOL OK.... virginia mountainman May 2015 #25
Comedy gold. cherokeeprogressive May 2015 #30
... and stay and stay and stay ... Straw Man May 2015 #31
ONLY GUN NUTS THINK THEY ARE IMMORTAL Nasty Jack May 2015 #41
"absolutely no restrictions on who they are sold to" blueridge3210 May 2015 #42
WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU! Straw Man May 2015 #56
Funny, controllers said I wouldn't last long on DU. That was 9 years ago. Eleanors38 May 2015 #39
Interestingly... Puha Ekapi May 2015 #57
"absolutely no restrictions on who they are sold to." blueridge3210 May 2015 #13
Origional headline not enough. Had to add an insult to it. oneshooter May 2015 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author oneshooter May 2015 #15
Interesting choice of words sarisataka May 2015 #22
What other rights cost too much for us to have??? ileus May 2015 #23
"absolutely no restrictions on who they are sold to" blueridge3210 May 2015 #26
this baffled a lot of Torontonians: they can't GET that reforms that 70% of *NRA* members want MisterP May 2015 #28
The problem is the gun control movement and their "its a good start" attitude hack89 May 2015 #34
Exactly. Straw Man May 2015 #36
DREAMER Nasty Jack May 2015 #43
"Change is coming" - gun control's motto for 20 years and counting. Nt hack89 May 2015 #44
No gun show "loophole". blueridge3210 May 2015 #46
Dreamer sounds spot on... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #47
"You people need to learn that changes are coming." ... LOL! What again? DonP May 2015 #48
Really trying to crimp the mirth aren't you? discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #49
His crystal ball needs a *lot* of Windex; this from him, in 2013: friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #54
Channeling your inner... Puha Ekapi May 2015 #58
There is no such thing as a gunshow loophole. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #62
The problem with the gun-control outlook is its extremism... Eleanors38 May 2015 #38
Well "Nasty Jack"......... pablo_marmol May 2015 #32
Nasty Jack, you've got a bit of cognitive dissonance going on: friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #37
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ALL SUPPOSED TO MEAN? Nasty Jack May 2015 #45
And you tend to yell way too much. n/t oneshooter May 2015 #50
It's necessary to get through to gun nuts. Nasty Jack May 2015 #51
You might try using the truth sometime. blueridge3210 May 2015 #52
And again with the insult oneshooter May 2015 #55
who do you... Puha Ekapi May 2015 #64
I have no idea... Puha Ekapi May 2015 #59
It means.. virginia mountainman May 2015 #61
LOL... Very good post Friendly! virginia mountainman May 2015 #60
but....butt guns kill people donja' know!!! ileus May 2015 #63
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