TwinReverb
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No, it doesn't. It's called the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." Straw purchases are, have been, and probably will always be illegal. So you can't be protected against illegal actions with an act that states "lawful".
So if they proved in court that this place knew it was a straw purchase and yet proceeded anyway, which is against the law, and they proved in court that they knew (not should have known), they have something.
If they've really had that many guns recovered from crimes traced back to them, I'm pretty sure they're already doing something wrong, as that high a number is just plain ridiculous.
So what I'm saying is that if a gun store knowingly facilitates something illegal like a straw purchase, they get what's coming to them. We can't be demanding our freedoms when we can't obey the laws we have. That's hypocrisy.
My advice to gun stores: if you know it's a straw purchase, don't sell. My advice to those who would straw purchase: stop doing it, you're making us look bad, and giving ammunition (pun intended) to the anti-gun crowd.
So if they proved in court that this place knew it was a straw purchase and yet proceeded anyway, which is against the law, and they proved in court that they knew (not should have known), they have something.
TheArticle said:According to the charging document, in 2005, 537 guns recovered from crimes were traced back to Badger Guns, which "ranked as the number one crime gun dealer in America."
If they've really had that many guns recovered from crimes traced back to them, I'm pretty sure they're already doing something wrong, as that high a number is just plain ridiculous.
So what I'm saying is that if a gun store knowingly facilitates something illegal like a straw purchase, they get what's coming to them. We can't be demanding our freedoms when we can't obey the laws we have. That's hypocrisy.
My advice to gun stores: if you know it's a straw purchase, don't sell. My advice to those who would straw purchase: stop doing it, you're making us look bad, and giving ammunition (pun intended) to the anti-gun crowd.