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Bloomberg Gun Control Group: Seven People Tried Buying Guns Illegally Online
Breitbart ^

Posted on 01/22/2015 4:03:07 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

On January 21, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety announced that its three month study of online gun sales in Vermont turned up “seven … people [who] were prohibited by law from possessing firearms.”

Everytown’s response? More gun control needed now.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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KEYWORDS: banglist; bloomberg; guncontrol
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1 posted on 01/22/2015 4:03:07 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Or, more guns needed now.


2 posted on 01/22/2015 4:03:58 PM PST by 9thLife ("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Pope Francis)
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To: Red in Blue PA

So now they are running stings?

Anyhow, if 7 of 169 potential buyers had criminal records they were already prohibited from buying.
That is why we have the NICs check.


3 posted on 01/22/2015 4:09:55 PM PST by mylife
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To: Red in Blue PA

...” the rights of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed....”


4 posted on 01/22/2015 4:10:15 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: Red in Blue PA

How many of the seven were registered Democrats?


5 posted on 01/22/2015 4:11:43 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

So, the system worked? Golly.......


6 posted on 01/22/2015 4:12:00 PM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: Red in Blue PA

How did they determine that the seven were prohibited from buying guns? Is the DOJ running background checks for non-FFL organizations?


7 posted on 01/22/2015 4:17:58 PM PST by Bob (Violence in islam? That's not a bug; it's a feature.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The story is krap on its face. There are no online gun sales to non-FFLD- licensed persons. An unlicensed person might run his mouth about buying a gun but it ain’t gonna happen until he/it gets a dealer to do the deal for him.


8 posted on 01/22/2015 4:24:59 PM PST by cherokee1 (skip the names---just kick the buttz)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Seven? Out of 340 million? Damn, you Nazis are good!


9 posted on 01/22/2015 4:25:19 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When the hell do I get MY white privilege? I'm tired of busting my @$$ for a living.)
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To: 9thLife
ARs are cheep now. AR-15 M4 photo: M4 clone ar013copy.jpg
10 posted on 01/22/2015 4:25:32 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
"turned up “seven … people [who] were prohibited by law from possessing firearms.”

Isn't it illegal to attempt to purchase a firearm if it is illegal for the buyer to own one? How many of those seven were arrested?

11 posted on 01/22/2015 4:26:21 PM PST by offwhite
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To: mad_as_he$$

The system worked.....so we need more laws.’

Liberal “logic” if you can really call it that.


12 posted on 01/22/2015 4:29:14 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
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To: mylife
"That is why we have the NICs check."

Hmmm. Did you support the National Instant Criminal Background Check System when it was proposed? Do you also support it for gun shows and private sales?

13 posted on 01/22/2015 4:31:05 PM PST by offwhite
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To: offwhite

Nope, I am just saying it is already in place.


14 posted on 01/22/2015 4:37:06 PM PST by mylife
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To: cherokee1

Bingo!


15 posted on 01/22/2015 4:38:28 PM PST by mylife
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To: offwhite

The only possible way to enforce private sales is a national gun registry and that aint gonna happen.


16 posted on 01/22/2015 4:41:18 PM PST by mylife
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To: mylife
That is why we have the NICs check.

They are trying to ban private sales without nics checks in VT. That's the point.

17 posted on 01/22/2015 4:55:01 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: mylife
And the firearm must be shipped to an authorized dealer where ID is required, again.

Instead of saying they tried, it would be more appropriate to say "They failed"
and the current system worked. Check Mate.

18 posted on 01/22/2015 4:58:01 PM PST by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Hugin

But internet sales get NICs checks.


19 posted on 01/22/2015 4:58:17 PM PST by mylife
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To: MaxMax

Exactly.


20 posted on 01/22/2015 4:58:53 PM PST by mylife
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