You get the conviction the way you get other convictions for illegal sales of controlled items -- in this case you send disqualified people to buy guns from them (felons or juveniles under some dispensation).
I'm always amazed at why there is not more active enforcement of the law in this legal area, given all the rhetoric about violence. Even people wanting only to use the gun issue for political advantage should be interested in enforcement if only to convince that more laws are needed. Supporters of gun control have become lazy, but current resistance to new laws will waken them sooner or later. Phil -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert Woolley Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:19 AM To: Clayton E. Cramer; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [inbox] School research project on firearms regulation On 3/11/04 11:59 PM, "Clayton E. Cramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is entirely possible that some of these buyers were legitimate gun > collectors, but it is foolish to pretend that most of these guns aren't > > resold immediately. In California, it was illegal that year to transfer a > handgun to someone else (except for immediate family members) without > > going through a licensed dealer, background check, and waiting period. The > question that we should ask about these 245 multiple handgun > > buyers is, "Why pass another law? Why not just show up at the door of these > people that are buying all these handguns, and ask them where > > the guns are? If they don't have the guns, and they can't provide evidence of > a legal sale, it should be easy to get a conviction for selling > > the guns illegally." On what grounds would the purchaser be obliged to produce evidence that he either still has the guns or sold them? Suppose he just slams the door in the face of the questioner. Or says he still has them but refuses to prove it. Or says he tried them all once, didn't like any of them, so he gave them away to his friends. How do you get a conviction out of that? Even if you get probable cause to search his house, and the guns aren't there, if the guy doesn't confess, you don't know if he keeps them elsewhere, gave them away, sold them legally, sold them illegally, melted them down, etc. -- Bob Woolley St. Paul, MN [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference." -- Abraham Lincoln _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof
