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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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Lets start with the misleading information in the article. It is against federal Law to buy a hand gun in a state you are not a resident. Unless in the state you are a resident in, allows you to buy a gun from a neighboring state. Now the neighboring state must also allow the out of state purchase to happen. Indiana may allow out of state purchases by a neighboring state but Illinois does not. So therefore laws are being broken and they are not being enforced. Also you can trust what Bloomberg says about as far as you can throw him. You cannot buy a hand gun in Wisconsin if you are a resident of Illinois, I believe. Not sure about the other neighboring states but the Illinois Law stops it cold either way. So how do the criminals get their guns, illegally. Any Prosecution? I can only buy a hand gun in Florida legally as a Florida resident.
Buying a gun for another person with the intent of giving it to the other person and you know they do not qualify to legally buy a hand gun, straw purchase, is against Federal Law. How many of those were prosecuted? There was a gun dealer that had over 300 violations in selling guns and they are still in business as far as I know.
It is against Federal law to sell guns for a living with out being a FFL Dealer . People are doing this all the time. 60 minutes even did a piece on the subject. Any Arrests?, None. Also ATF was onsite at this particular gun show. You are only allowed by Federal Law to sell a certain number of guns in a month. I do not know what that number is but you can't make a living at it. These people are breaking the law, any arrests?
Negligence, current law allows you to be prosecuted for negligence. How many prosecutions for negligence with a firearm?
The list could go on but what's the point. If no one is going to prosecute then the law is just words on paper. Like I said there are plenty of laws.
Here's another tid bit. When law enforcement did random searches of people, stop and frisk in high crime areas, which by the way has been shown to be very effective in reducing gun crime, where they knew the individual was caring illegally, what happened? Here they come, NAACP, ACLU.
Background checks: Great idea, we have them already. But the way they are implemented they won't catch much. You need an up to date central database. Not of who's purchasing, but of who should not be allowed to purchase. That does not exist. Most things stop at the state line or the data is never reported. Again a good idea but if not implemented properly, useless.
Last thing. Look at all the mass shootings. In each case there were people that knew there was a problem, and negligence in properly securing or providing a firearm.