On Tue, 7 May 2013 09:43:05 -0500
"Olson, Joseph E." <jol...@hamline.edu> wrote:
> So if Bob sees a gun on the Internet that he knows Tom wants, Bob can
> call or e-mail the seller, Bob can send his money to the seller, and
> the gun can be shipped by the seller directly to the Transfer
> Dealer. The Transfer Dealer then "books" the gun into HIS
> inventory. Tom repays Bob for the courtesy and Bob tells the dealer
> to *transfer* the gun to Bob. After that, the transfer proceeds as
> any other. Tom goes to the dealer, fills out an ATF Form 4473 and
> shows proper ID. The dealer calls NICS for a background check on
> Tom, the transferee, and gets clearance. Bob takes his new gun and
> goes shooting with his good friend Tom. The dealer does his
> bookwork. After a time, the Form 4473 makes it's way to BATF, gets
> scanned, and goes into the government's permanent record somewhere in
> West Virginia.
Since Tom is a legal purchaser in his state, this is an example of a
perfectly legal "straw man" purchase. So there is anti-gun Big Lie
number #3, that all straw man purchases are illegal.
Methinks there is an opportunity here for an OAQ ("occasionally asked
questions", or "oak"): anti-gun Big Lies and the truth.
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