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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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10. isn't the real issue sentencing guidelines?

Reply to branford (Reply #9)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 06:03 PM

Sep 2015

My understanding is that any violation of the Gun Control Act can get you up to ten years, yet straw purchasers usually get probation with no time served. I remember reading about a guy that used fake ID and sold several on thugs and got probation.
Personally, I would like to see straw purchasers be charged with accessory or conspiracy for any crime committed with said firearm.

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Gun Trafficking Prevention Act of 2015 [View all] SecularMotion Sep 2015 OP

Leland Yee could not be reached for comment. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #1

Hear Yee, hear Yee discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #2

Sole proprietor of "Yee Olde Gunz Shoppe" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #3

"Yee Olde Gunz Shoppe" discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2015 #4

Sounds good to me. Straw Man Sep 2015 #5

Typical Straw Man argument from you. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #7

Har har ... Straw Man Sep 2015 #8

Trashed, as is all of his/hers/its posts. oneshooter Sep 2015 #6

I have no objections to increased penalties for straw purchases, branford Sep 2015 #9

isn't the real issue sentencing guidelines? gejohnston Sep 2015 #10

If a case is difficult to prove, the defendant can be offered a plea to a lesser charge branford Sep 2015 #11