Supreme Court rules on 'straw purchaser' gun law

tulsaworld.com ^ | 06/16/2014 | AP

[aimhigh]

A divided Supreme Court sided with gun control groups and the Obama administration Monday, ruling that the federal ban on "straw" purchases of guns can be enforced even if the ultimate buyer is legally allowed to own a gun.

The justices ruled 5-4 that the law applied to a Virginia man who bought a gun with the intention of transferring it to a relative in Pennsylvania who was not prohibited from owning firearms.

[DainBramage]

Why not say, I bought it didn’t like it and sold it to my uncle.

[editor-surveyor]

He was not giving the gun as a gift.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Looks like the first purchaser transferred it to another legal buyer, who paid for it, so what is the problem? The law was written to stop the transfer of weapons to felons, not the case here. Worst thing I can see is the first buyer used a police discount to save his relative a few bucks.

Just another way to tighten the screws on gun owners. Personally I see no reason to purchase a gun from a dealer in the first place.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Why not say, I bought it didn’t like it and sold it to my uncle.

In this case, the uncle had paid him for it before he bought it (and listed on the check what it was for).

[Dead Corpse]

More proof that the SCOTUS still hasn’t found their copy of the Constitution...

[Dead Corpse]

Yeah....

Don’t care.

The law itself is illegal. No mention of that in all of this...

[DainBramage]

Got it thanks

[editor-surveyor]

I don’t disagree with you, but we already knew that the court did.

[entropy12]

Roberts ruled in favor of gun transfer. Kennedy swung with the liberals.

[entropy12]

lol like after a computer crash ala Lois Lerner?

[entropy12]

And so the 2008 and 2012 election consequences continue.

You ain't seen nothing yet. If Obummer gets to appoint one more justice, all those who abstained in elections will be responsible for complete reversal of any conservative decisions coming out of SCOTUS. Indeed elections have consequences.

[entropy12]

Obummer gave the SCOTUS a brand new copy of his own constitution. Remember he was teaching constitution in Univ of Chicago.

[Wonder Warthog]

"This is just more proof we have our Second Amendment rights only as long as five of nine Supreme Court Justices agree we have these rights."

I think President Andrew Jackson figured this one out a LONG time ago. I think his statement was to the effect "Supreme Court Chief Justice .......... has made his decision, now let him enforce it".

[publiusF27]

How about lying to the gun store to get your uncle the police discount?

That was the root of the problem.

If the actual buyer were actually a cop, he could buy his own gun with the discount.

Or, if the actual buyer did not want to defraud the gun store for a police discount, he could pay retail like a normal person.

But he wanted a benefit to which he was not entitled and his nephew was willing to lie to help him get it.

[thackney]

his nephew was willing to lie commit a felony to help him get it.