Posted on 03/27/2007 10:37:33 AM PDT by neverdem
RICHMOND -- New York City officials may have a harder time targeting Virginia gun dealers under legislation signed Friday by Gov. Tim Kaine.
Kaine signed House Bill 2653, which restricts "straw sales" of guns such as those some Virginia dealers allegedly made to undercover private investigators hired by New York City. The transactions were cited in lawsuits the city filed last year against gun dealers in Virginia and four other states alleging they sold firearms illegally. City officials have accused the gun dealers of selling weapons that later were used to commit crimes in New York.
The bill, sponsored by Del. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William County, prohibits anyone but law enforcement officers from trying to make an illegal gun purchase from a firearms dealer. A violation of the law would be a felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Lingamfelter said the bill will protect law-abiding firearms dealers from being targeted by someone trying to persuade them to make illegal sales.
"We can't have a situation where people are running stings just for the fun of it," said Lingamfelter, who blasted New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for going after Virginia firearm dealers.
"If Mayor Bloomberg wants to reduce crime in New York City, he might consider expanding the police force rather than trifling with the rights of law-abiding citizens," Lingamfelter said.
2nd amendment bump.
Liberals don't do it that way. It's too simplistic.
Attack, attack, attack!
Great news. Now lets get other states to follow suit.
He might consider allowing lawful citizens easy access to gun ownership............like, uh, the U.S. Constitution provides for..........duh, Bloomberg, duhhhhhhhh!
Just another message to the liberals in NYC like Bloomy and Gulliani to not mess with the rest of the country. If we all wanted to live in NYC we would move there. We DON'T and there uncontitutinal gun laws are just one reason.
Just think how NYC would change if Vermont/Alaska-style CCW was adopted there.
It stunes my beeber just contemplating it.
This really flips the bird to Bloomberg, who had angered many Virginians by messing in our yard Scott lingamfelter is a great Delegate and a man of his word.
TC
"If Mayor Bloomberg wants to reduce crime in New York City, he might consider expanding the police force rather than trifling with the rights of law-abiding citizens," Lingamfelter said."
Amen!
Thank you Mr. Lingamfelter!
"The bill, sponsored by Del. Scott Lingamfelter, R-Prince William County, prohibits anyone but law enforcement officers from trying to make an illegal gun purchase from a firearms dealer. "
Hey - THAT already WAS illegal! And if cops do it...it never WAS illegal!
We need a Dealer Protection Law!
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