Daily News Retracts Sarah Brady "Straw Purchase" Story

New York Daily News | March 23, 2002

[foxylady]

A story in some early editions of yesterday's Daily News incorrectly reported that gun control advocate Sarah Brady may have skirted Delaware's gun laws when she bought a rifle for her adult son but did not declare who was going to own the weapon.

The Delaware Department of Justice initially insisted to The News that gun purchasers must declare who the weapon was intended for so that person's background could be checked. Yesterday, a spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Justice said it misinterpreted the law and that Brady was not obligated to state that the gun was for her son as long as he was legally qualified to own a firearm.

In addition, a spokesman for Brady said, "Sarah Brady told the gun store that the gun was for her son and filled out the forms that they asked her to fill out."

The News regrets the error.

[foxylady]

I can't believe the Daily News is letting the truth get in the way of a good story.

[Rustynailww]

" spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Justice said it misinterpreted the law"..........isn't that the job of the courts?

[Puppage]

Sarah Brady...criminal? Probably not. Hypocrite...MOST DEFINATELY!!. Why, would someone who bemoans the ownership of firearms, actually purchase one of the "evil weapons" in the first place? Thus, the hypocrit moniker.

[Seeking the truth]

Yesterday, a spokeswoman for the Delaware Department of Justice said it misinterpreted the law and that Brady was not obligated to state that the gun was for her son as long as he was legally qualified to own a firearm.

I am not an expert on the relevant law but this still does not make sense to me. According to this sentence, the purchaser makes the determination as to the legal qualifications of the person they intend to buy the weapon. I thought some type of governmenal agency, state or federal, makes this "gun control law" determination based on the background checks.

[Joe Brower]

[Atlas Sneezed]

Does this interpretation effectively make straw purchases legal, as long as you assert and they can't disprove that it was a gift, and that the gun recipient didn't pay the buyer?

[Mr. Bird]

I agree with you. The only instance where I can see this purchase as legal is one where the son is a minor. This clearly states that her son is an adult. If Sarah Brady did not break the law, then what the hell is the law? If it's legal to buy a gun for someone who is legally qualified to own it, why do background checks at all? It is highly unlikely that a legal purchaser would send someone not legally qualified to purchase it......I'm baffled, and babbling......

[nralife]

I can't believe the Daily News is letting POLITICS get in the way of a good story. Not!

Thanks for the story! I reposted it on my forum...

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[RogueIsland]

So, is the Daily News saying that Sarah took advantage of a "Straw Purchase/Gun Runner Loophole"?

[Publius6961]

So, is the Daily News saying that Sarah took advantage of a "Straw Purchase/Gun Runner Loophole"?

Probably not.
But it seems to be getting some pressure from the anti-gun and liberal PC twits... LOL

[thegreatbeast]

The point is that Sarah Brady wants you & I to live in a country sans guns. But apparently it's okay for her and her family!

[Maelstrom]

How many people have gone to jail or been denied a gun prior to this admission of a "misinterpretation"?

[lelio]

What about the question "If the state government can't even understand their own laws, why are they enforcing them?"

[PropheticZero]

not just an evil weapon

but a 30-06 armor-piercing sniper rifle. Obviously either she or her son plans on assisinating someone more important than themselves

Brian