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To: kiriath_jearim
Tougher laws and stricter enforcement cost nearly 200,000 gun dealers their licenses since the mid-1990s, a new study shows.

A totally misleading statement. It makes it sound like those gun dealers had their licenses revoked, which is not the case. The reality is that the Klinton Administration made life much tougher on gun dealers through new requirements, ATF inspections, etc. People that had gun dealer licenses solely to maintain their own collections or sold a low volume of guns chose not to renew.

3 posted on 08/18/2007 9:28:38 AM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: USNBandit

I had a couple of friends who had a license and only every now and a gain bought a weapon for somebody they knew.

In fact thats how I bought my first rifle. They all dropped their license after the stricter laws and inspections. Oh, yeah, the country is really safer now with them out of business.


7 posted on 08/18/2007 9:32:33 AM PDT by PeteB570 (Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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To: USNBandit
People that had gun dealer licenses solely to maintain their own collections or sold a low volume of guns chose not to renew.

100% Correct. It's the exact reason I chose NOT get an FFL myself. I was lookin' for the discount to pad my own collection and to do a little business to supplement my income. When the Clinton HORROR raised her head (lol you figure that one out) I decided it wasn't worth the obvious oncoming hassles.

25 posted on 08/19/2007 11:12:49 AM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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