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Supreme Court rules on 'straw purchaser' gun law
tulsaworld.com ^ | 06/16/2014 | AP

Posted on 06/16/2014 9:51:05 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; scotus; straw; strawpurchases; supremecourt
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To: Lurking Libertarian

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


101 posted on 06/16/2014 2:45:35 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: dynoman

He was not giving the gun as a gift.


102 posted on 06/16/2014 2:50:15 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: TexasGunLover

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.


103 posted on 06/16/2014 2:50:25 PM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: DainBramage
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).

104 posted on 06/16/2014 3:02:21 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: aimhigh

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


105 posted on 06/16/2014 3:05:21 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: editor-surveyor

Yeah....

Don’t care.

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


106 posted on 06/16/2014 3:12:14 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: Lurking Libertarian

Got it thanks


107 posted on 06/16/2014 3:56:04 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Dead Corpse

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


108 posted on 06/16/2014 7:51:08 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: GraceG

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


109 posted on 06/16/2014 9:35:26 PM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: mykroar

lol like after a computer crash ala Lois Lerner?


110 posted on 06/16/2014 9:38:02 PM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: F15Eagle
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.

111 posted on 06/16/2014 9:42:06 PM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: Dead Corpse

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


112 posted on 06/16/2014 9:45:39 PM PDT by entropy12 (Obummer = worst president ever, thanks to voters who abstained on election day!)
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To: DJ Taylor
"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".

113 posted on 06/17/2014 5:36:12 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Newly fledged NRA Life Member (after many years as an "annual renewal" sort))
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To: thackney
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.
114 posted on 06/20/2014 2:42:10 AM PDT by publiusF27
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To: publiusF27
his nephew was willing to lie commit a felony to help him get it.


115 posted on 06/20/2014 4:50:45 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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