Posted on 06/18/2015 10:52:21 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
Absolutely! Anyone can get or make a weapon or a bomb or misuse an object to cause injury or death.
It is illegal to act as a straw buyer to purchase a gun on someone else’s behalf, even for someone who is not a felon. It is also illegal to provide a gun to a convicted felon.
“(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person—
(1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(2) is a fugitive from justice;
(3) is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802));
(4) has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution; “
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/922
under indictment: an official written statement charging a person with a crime
The article I read said he had been arrested numerous times, said nothing about him being a convicted felon.
That is neither here nor there, considering his Dad or uncle that gave him the 45 for birthday gift had to have known he was taking psych drugs and had mental issues the giver holds some responsibility here.
Hate to burst yur bubble, but the 2nd Amendment isn’t pure black or white. Although I couldn’t quote the specifics of the law or the SCOTUS ruling, felons are not allowed to possess any firearm.
Like giving guns to seriously mentally disturbed, felons not having guns sounds like a reasonable idea too. Only a suicidal libertarian society would go strictly anything goes with the 2nd Amendment.
he could not have legally bought a gun, he would have to lie about his psych drug prescription.
Gun laws work, but they can not get around the idiot factor.
Yeah, I recanted my position in later posts. He was an illegal user of various drugs.
That kid possessing a firearm in MA would have almost been a capital offense. //sarc.
Well, not a capital offense. We can’t even convict terrorists of capital offenses here.
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