Must have been trained under the "Fast & Furious" program.
According to federal court records, Haskins gave money to Slate who would then use his law enforcement discount to buy a specialized gun from Town Police Supply in Collinsville. .... Prosecutors allege Haskins then tried to resell the rifles online for several hundred dollars more than the purchase price. Such purchases are illegal, prosecutors allege, because federal firearms purchase forms require that the purchaser is the actual buyer of the firearm.
...One can sell 5 guns a yr w/o a license under the law...
Cite, please. I thought that was a myth.
no myth .. no cite either ... one can sell his/her own guns ... no ffl needed until over 5 a year ... and i think the atf/law looks the other way in some instances (elderly guy selling his collection)
thats why all these gun-show loopholes are bogus ideas ... enforce the laws on the books ...
Technical law violation based on stupid laws that criminalize an act to stop another criminal act.
They should have known better, especially the FFL, but I don't think they deserve a felony for it.
If the LEO had been a partner in the gun shop, would it have been legal?
Who turned them in? Most likely somebody who got dissed in the dealings, less likely they were concerned about the law per se.
A straw purchase is buying a gun for someone with a disability. There was no disability here, other than the guns were special deals for LE, or military. I see this one getting tossed, or overturned. There is no reason a person cannot buy a gun and resell it at a profit, as long as the sale is to a legal buyer. This most this case is a breach of contract, and when did that fall under BATF.
A straw purchase is buying a gun for someone with a disability. There was no disability here, other than the guns were special deals for LE, or military. I see this one getting tossed, or overturned. There is no reason a person cannot buy a gun and resell it at a profit, as long as the sale is to a legal buyer. This most this case is a breach of contract, and when did that fall under BATF.
...ATF makes it clear " “straw purchases,” the illegal purchase of a firearm by one person for another. "
What type of disability? Are felony convictions now considered a disability? I know stupidity is, but you still don't qualify for a handicapped parking placard.
ATF makes it clear " “straw purchases,” the illegal purchase of a firearm by one person for another. "
Exactly: the illegal purchase of a firearm by one person for another, as opposed to a legal purchase of a firearm by one person for another.
It is illegal to purchase cigarettes for a minor. It is legal to purchase cigarettes for your mother, even if you have no intention of smoking one first.
That said, I believe ATF is now purposely misusing the term "straw purchase" to make all such purchases illegal. The current 1173 form reflects this. This is a fairly recent change.
Yeah, thanks; typed too fast. That's the question which is NOT a "straw purchase" but has now made it impossible to do a LEGAL 'buying for someone else who could.'Did you mean form 4473?...
Yeah, thanks; typed too fast. That's the question which is NOT a "straw purchase" but has now made it impossible to do a LEGAL 'buying for someone else who could.'