[rellimpank]

--what they fail to mention is that if the gun shop arbitrarily refused to sell to every "suspicious" purchaser , they would be in line for a civil rights lawsuit---

[rellimpank]

-—and more from Chicago’s other garbage wrap—

https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/trace-report-details-origins-of-chicago-guns-possible-solutions/

[trebb]

That’s what the automatic background checks are for.....can’t stop someone who passes the check from going down to the corner and selling the weapon to someone else.

[Chainmail]

I would suspect - that since Chicago is right next door and the buyer was most likely recognizable as from the South Side, that the seller likely knew that there was a strong possibility that the buyer was going to shoot someone in the near future. I am sure that whomever did the buying could pass the background check but sometimes you gotta just say "no sale" when it doesn't smell right.

BTW, a "Nagant" - really? I didn't even think they made ammo for those things anymore! I wasn't sure that those things were used for anything since Lenin's nitwits murdered the Czar and his wife and kids.

[mosesdapoet]

once upon a time remarks like these would be carried in the Chicago Tribune ;Did anybody see them ?
Ex Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke addresses dealing with the problems destroying black society
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts

[umgud]

Most criminals wouldn’t go thru a background check if they could pass it. They don’t want a gun that is tied to them.

[Bogey78O]

Criminals go for the cheapest gun they can find. Typically that means high volume dealers. They send in a cousin or girlfriend and buy the gun for them.

The ATF doesn’t go after straw purchasers so most crooks don’t sweat it.

[slumber1]

Here's your problem

Ward, a gang member who had recently been released from prison for a robbery conviction,.......

No one wants to talk about this part of the problem. Even here in "tough on crime" Texas, violent felons are routinely paroled after serving only a fraction of their sentence. Solution - end parole and early release for all violent gun crime convictions. 20 years should mean 20 years and life should mean life. Keep these miscreants off the streets and you will see a drastic drop in gun crime.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Rest assured the buyers have a police issued FOID card, required in Illinois.

[Lurker]

A Nagant revolver? Give him credit for creativity.

L