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SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 09:02 AM Nov 2015

Background checks: Gun shops have wide latitude to deny sales

If you try to purchase a firearm from a gun shop in Virginia, you better make sure the information you submit on your application is correct.

Oscar Thomas Logan Jr., 30, of the 6200 block of Belmont Road, found out the hard way when he tried to purchase a firearm on Aug. 19 from Bob Moates Sport Shop in Midlothian.

According to a Virginia State Police summons in Chesterfield General District Court, Logan did not admit on his background check form that he had been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.

Logan was arrested shortly thereafter at the gun shop and charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor, which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months in jail and a $2,500 fine. He is scheduled to be tried on Dec. 18 in General District Court.

http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2015-11-25/News/Background_checks_Gun_shops_have_wide_latitude_to_.html
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Background checks: Gun shops have wide latitude to deny sales (Original Post) SecularMotion Nov 2015 OP
What, SM you are slipping in you google dumps Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #1
Indeed, evidence of the system working as intended. nt appal_jack Nov 2015 #2
I hope he is OK Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #3
Wide latitude? Straw Man Nov 2015 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author SecularMotion Nov 2015 #5
I guess SM Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #7
Should take care of our information LinneaTench Nov 2015 #6
 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
1. What, SM you are slipping in you google dumps
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 09:30 AM
Nov 2015

We are constantly told its to easy to get weapons and stores sell to anyone to include felons and domestic violence abusers. You just posted how the background check works and if the information is in the system it works as intended. I hope you are fighting to ensure the current laws are enforced and information is added to the federal database.

Straw Man

(6,774 posts)
4. Wide latitude?
Thu Nov 26, 2015, 01:32 PM
Nov 2015

This one was denied under Federal law, which is very clear on the matter. The shop would have been in violation if they had not denied the sale.

Nice to see that the law is being enforced in Virginia.

Response to Straw Man (Reply #4)

LinneaTench

(11 posts)
6. Should take care of our information
Sat Nov 28, 2015, 01:43 AM
Nov 2015

Nice information you give to us. We should enter our correct identity and information of everything. By entering wrong information will definitely cause problem for us.

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