Caution on any handgun purchase

[Glenn_S]

Someone drove a car through the front of the store...

http://marshallindependent.com/page/con ... l?nav=5015

Marshall Police responding to an alarm call at Borch's Sporting Goods on East College Drive at 2:41 a.m. on Wednesday found an undetermined number of firearms had been stolen, according to a department news release.

[tenmilmag]

Looks like all the assault pistols were taken

[gunsmith]

I wonder if they are worth more on the "Black Market" or in public...probably on the Black Market as there are fewer options.

mmmmm......If I where a Ghetto Boy that could be a viable career option..."Arms Dealer" (new or used) I could get some Bitches to buy guns for me and then sell them under the table.

And it could be less lethal then selling the narcotics themselves.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new ... -1.1431333

Feinblatt: 'South Carolina and North Carolina supply more crime guns to the five boroughs than New York State does'

Two weeks ago, Mayor Bloomberg stood in City Hall and announced an astonishing statistic - some 90 percent of guns used in crimes in New York City come from out-of-state. Today, we saw the sad reality of that frightening statistic.

Thanks to the extraordinary work of our dedicated law enforcement professionals, more than 250 illegal firearms - including handguns, a fully automatic machine gun, and high capacity assault weapons - were taken off the streets, the largest seizure of illegal guns in city history.

Tellingly, more than half of those guns were funneled from North Carolina, with the rest from South Carolina - two states with weak gun laws compared to ours. In those states, unlike New York, gun owners who lose their weapons or claim that they were stolen are not required to report the loss to the police.

RELATED: NYPD ANNOUNCES 250 ILLEGAL GUNS SEIZED

That gives straw buyers the perfect excuse. When a gun they purchased turns up in a crime, they can then say: "It was stolen and I never got around to reporting it." It allows them to go unpunished, and puts all of us in incredible danger.

Gun dealers in these states also have little incentive to care who they sell to, since the law likely won't punish them -- South Carolina has no penalties for straw purchases, and North Carolina, has no penalties for buying guns with false information. These gaps in laws have consequences -- when we did undercover stings a few years ago in South Carolina, we found that six out of eight dealers were willing to sell to patently obvious straw purchasers.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new ... z2jMPIY3Hq

I wonder just how much 'straw purchasing' goes on in Minnesota...I guess the background check system flags someone if they buy more than 2 at a time or so many per month ???

[Slayer_MN1]

When a NICS check is run how many guns you are purchasing is not reported, just the type of gun(s) ie; long gun, handgun, other.

I've had some months with quite a few different 4473's going into the file with my name on them and I've never even had so much as a delay.

[xd ED]

MULTIPLE SALES REPORTING FOR CERTAIN RIFLES REPORTING

The Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 requires federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to report multiple sales of handguns to the same purchaser [18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3)]. The sale of two or more handguns must be reported if they occur at the same time, or within five business days of each other.

In August 2011, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was authorized by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to initiate similar reporting requirements on the multiple sales related to certain rifles for a period of three years. Multiple Sales For Certain Rifles requires all federal firearms licensees in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas to submit reports of multiple sales or other dispositions to an unlicensed individual of two or more rifles within five consecutive business days having the following characteristics: (1) semiautomatic; (2) a caliber greater than .22 (including .223/5.56 mm); and (3) the ability to accept detachable magazines.

atf fact sheet

[CraigJS]

A list of guns taken would help greatly..

[LePetomane]

They are probably on their way to Chicago to be used in street crimes.

[xd ED]

They are probably on their way to Chicago to be used in street crimes.

Could not be that. Guns are outlawed there.

[MaryB]

Bet a local druggie took them to try and pawn, Marshall has its share of meth heads

[BemidjiDweller]

Thats exactly the reason the LGS up here has huge concrete blocks and trees surrounding their building.