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Detroit gun dealer shouldn't face charges for alleged "straw buy"
MLive.com ^
| June 16, 2004
| The Associated Press
Posted on 06/16/2004 12:28:58 PM PDT by wmichgrad
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To: Navy Patriot
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posted on
06/16/2004 1:13:02 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Can't wait for the day when all my voices are reduced to the space of one.)
To: El Gato
This guy had little choice, almost any charge that could have been plead to would have resulted in the loss of his FFL. He'd be out of business. Certainly worth going to trial over. Considering how the BATF likes to kick in the doors of FFL dealers in the middle of the night on the slightest of pretexts, I admire him even more.
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posted on
06/16/2004 1:22:47 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
To: Dan from Michigan
I got a gun for Christmas. My mom bought it. I was there and went through the background check since it was for me.Generally this activity is exempt, as it is specifically a "purchase for gift" and is mentioned in law as exempt. Other factors contributing to evidence of "purchase for gift": close blood relative; both persons legally able to posess firearms; receiving party passed background for this particular gift; no concealment of facts from firearm dealer; Christmas. Pretty much, no cop in his right mind would touch this one. Wise cop would say: Your mom got a gun for YOU? That's a good trade!
To: El Gato
Your right I misread. I was talking about a case where an undercover cop made a straw purchase and on the 4473 form said he was purchasing it for himself. The courts ruled the cop lied on the form and the gunseller wasn't negligent.
To: ICX
There is no crime in Detroit as evidenced by the army of cops that surround Kwame wherever he goes.(sarcasm)
To: ICX
Don't Michigan cops have more important things to do than set up bogus sting operations on law-abiding citizens? There are no gangs of lawyers and victims-rights activists for law-abiding citizens, therefore they are easier prey.
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posted on
06/16/2004 2:26:29 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This post meets the minimum daily requirements for cynicism and irony.)
To: longtermmemmory
As they weren't even trying to prevent the commission of what they claimed to think was a crime, they aren't Law Enforcement
The French term agent provocateur applies.
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posted on
06/16/2004 9:11:22 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
("Despise not the jester. Often he is the only one speaking the truth")
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