The concept that the government could or should only “allow” certain people to buy guns stands the very concept of American jurisprudence on its head. It presumes that the government knows all, controls all, and should be doing so. It is wrong and ineffective. It is the opposite of preventing criminals from possessing guns.
It is crazy to set up a huge expensive bureaucratic system, require everyone to jump though hoops and prove that they are *not* criminals in order to try, ineffectively, to prevent the few individuals who are not responsible, from having legal access to guns. This is a failed paradigm, and it should be abandoned. To accept the idea that the all gun sales should be monitored by the government, and only allowed to those it deems satisfactory is fundamentally wrong.
The entire idea of the enterprise has always been the death of a thousand cuts, where the restrictions on who can buy, and where, and how and what are continually increased until the number of gun owners is reduced to political insignificance.
DIRECTLY TO obama’s PEEPS and HOMEBOYZ!
LLS
And if the guns purchased in Evansville ended up in The Windy City, the ATF’s heir apparent—Chi-town Bureau Chief Andrew Traver—must have known about the policy. What did Andy know and when did he know it?There's just one thing that strikes me odd about this. To wit: Evansville, IN is 300+ miles away from Chicago and it's a 6 hour drive. As such there's scores of Gun Shops in Indiana a lot closer to Chicago, like right over the border. So why go all that way South??
Plus if the straw buyer was an IL Resident, he or she would still have to show a valid IL FOID Card. And if they were an Indiana resident, again -- buying closer to Chicago would make more sense.
That is all.
(the BATF being involved does NOT surprise me or seem odd).
Up on Mike V’s Sipsey Street Irregulars now:
Friday, September 9, 2011
FOX Got ‘Em. Huge Gunwalker Story Breaking Later This Morning.
If you’re headed to work, you might want to set the recorder for FOX News this morning about, say, 10AM EST. Award-winning stuff if what I’ve been told happens.
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/
***“He later told me that the guns went to Chicago gangs.” In one case, a straw purchaser failed to pass the FBI’s NICS [National Instant Check System] background check . . .***
Sounds like a certain “Community organizer” and his appointed toadies are preparing for his return to Chicago in January 2013.
I wonder why they aren't releasing the name...