[Emmett McCarthy]

What I'd love to see is for Bloomberg and his criminal minions to be the targets of a RICO prosecution for this. Every act in the process is criminal and then they use the threat of lawsuits in an effort to effectively overturn the laws of other jurisdictions. Of course, it won't happen because these people have two sets of protection which place them "above the law" - wealth and political connections.

[ElkGroveDan]

I'm speechless.

[SolidForce]

So much for the rule of law, eh?

[Domandred]

he sends people to federal firearms dealers to break federal law by providing false information on the federal ATF Form 4473 firearm transfer form, and then purchasing guns for persons prohibited by law from taking possession of guns (a so called “straw” sale).

Boy that sounds like entrapment to me. Why? Because by filling out the form they have done everything that the gun dealer expects and is required. It isn't up to the sales point to determine if the information on the form is accurate. If they still pass the insta-check with incorrect information that's all the gun dealers can handle.

That's why there is the part at the bottom that the applicant signs that says something like: this information is correct or I (the applicant) can be held for purgery.

[El Gato]

From the letter being sent to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives:

Where I'm sure it provided many a laugh to the "staff". It should have been sent to their bosses at Justice, and even that might not gain much besides a few chuckles. Gonzales is not Ashcroft.

[rellimpank]

--Henry Waxman (D., Cal) is equally guilty of this --a few years ago, even though in the supposedly "minority" party, his committee fixed up some agents with credible but false ID who than went and bought firearms to show "how easy it is"--

[HarleyLady27]

AND, pray tell, is the PENNSYLVANIA Gun group????? Sitting on their butts probably....

[2harddrive]

INCARCERATION, not Investidation!!!

[Wonder Warthog]

"....he sends people to federal firearms dealers to break federal law by providing false information on the federal ATF Form 4473 firearm transfer form, and then purchasing guns for persons prohibited by law from taking possession of guns (a so called “straw” sale).

What is the federal penalty for lying on a Form 4473? I suspect it is a felony. Just because these bogus "straw purchasers" are working for Bloomberg doesn't make them any less federal criminals--no matter how much the BATFE jack-booted thugs may approve of their actions.

[Colorado Buckeye]

This is awesome; buckeye patriots going after the east coast fascists waging war on our 2nd Amendment. Go Buckeyes!

[WildBill2275]

This probably falls under:
Conspiracy
Law. An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.

So this appears to say that Bloomberg is guilty of conspiracy to violate the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Brady Act of 1995.
His paid minions are guilty of violating the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the Brady Act of 1995

Do you think anyone will have the guts to prosecute?