Andrew, Can you cite an example to support this assertion? By the way, in this particular NPR story, the ATF was aggressive but the Assistant US Attorney didn't want to be bothered prosecuting.
I pay attention to local criminal activity in Vance Co., NC. Most crime here is committed by a small number of career criminals. Our local Sheriff and the city police have had great success getting these guys off the street by charging them with Federal gun law violations. These crimes are easy to prove (e.g. mere possession) and the Federal laws have much bigger teeth than the state laws for property crimes. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:30 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Gun Laws vs Enforcement There is so much NRA-inspired pressure against the ATF that they are"gun shy" to prosecute. On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Scott and Gwen Ritchey <ritche...@aol.com>wrote: > > On Monday's episode of The Story (http://www.thestory.org/) on NPR did a > show on guns. I found the second segment ( > <http://www.thestory.org/stories/2013-05/crime-conviction-how-trace-gun> > From Crime To Conviction: How To Trace A Gun) interesting because former > ATF > agents described the difficulty getting the Federal prosecutors to actually > prosecute an airtight case. If interested this part starts about 11 > minutes > into that second segment. > > > > > > This supports my experience and prejudice: We don't need more laws so much > as we need to enforce the many laws already on the books. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
