Posted on 02/12/2010 4:43:59 PM PST by deoetdoctrinae
This jerk had a record of violence a mile long. He should have never been hired to teach children. Whoever hired this guy is at least partly responsible.
Jeez, talk about terminated with extreme prejudice!
You guys inspired my new tagline! You like it?
From the NRA-ILA summary for TN:
...a permit is not required to purchase a firearm,...There is no state permit requirement for the possession of rifles, shotguns, or handguns.
So, that statement means exactly.. squat.
The "gun show loophole" does exist in TN, but if he had purchased it from an individual, how would anyone know? Such sales are also not reported to anyone, unless of course *he* told them. But it's much more likely he bought the gun from a dealer, since most transactions at gun shows are with dealers, and in TN it's the state that does the Background check. Wonder if they are keeping records they are not supposed to keep? Hmmm? But in any event, if he did not go through the background check, why would a 4th grade teacher not pass it if he had? Most states do criminal BCs on teachers anyway. Just as Major Hasan passed his federal check when he bought his FN 5.7 at Guns Galore in Killeen TX. he would have passed the check, if he indeed actually do so.
Why?
Now THAT is a tagline!
Okay, please explain what the gunshow loophole is in Tennessee. If one purchases a pistol in TN from a booth holder/dealer at a gunshow, a background check is done. So what is this ‘loophole’?
I think I put "gun show loophole" in quotes. I know very well there is no loophole, just the same law applying at gun shows as everywhere else. Buy from a dealer, undergo a background check, buy from an individual who is not dealer, no background check.
Of course I don't have to undergo the check anyway, since my Texas CHL requires a background check, and they, meaning the federales, don't make the dealers do the check if you have one. Doesn't apply to all states's CHL/CCPs.
...(brother)Anthony Foster, using the e-mail name "johnnysellers44," said he started sending out e-mails in early November, warning educators and school board members about Mark Foster. He said in his last e-mail, sent in December, that he described Mark Foster as a "ticking time bomb."
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He said his brother had been confined on three separate occasions in mental hospitals, including a breakdown after he was honorably discharged from the Air Force.
According to the AP, the Tennessee Department of Safety has no record of a gun permit under his name.
From the NRA-ILA summary for TN:
...a permit is not required to purchase a firearm,...There is no state permit requirement for the possession of rifles, shotguns, or handguns.
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As you correctly noted above, in Tennessee a permit is not required to purchase a firearm. Possibly the AP meant that the TDOS has no record of a “carry” permit under his name. That would make a little more sense, but I’m just guessing.
BTW, thanks very much for your service to our country in the Air Force.
Bought a gun at a gun show? I'm shocked!
Next you'll tell me he bought a car at a car dealership.
Many people, especially AP reporters, think that one must have a permit to legally possess a firearm, since that is the case in many of the more populous states, especially in the northeast, where many of the media are headquartered. There is also a bit of both wishful thinking, and "conditioning" going on.
People are often startled to find that one does not need a permit to buy or own a gun in most states. In many states one does not even need any government permission to carry them, especially openly and especially long arms.
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