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NRA Newtown response [W:818]

nothing needs refuting,

the crap you posted does not support any additional gun laws

hat some people want more gun laws doesn't establish they are needed-especially if the groups represent big government idiots or anti gun pillowheads like the Million Moron March (which was clinton astro-turf)

and I guess you haven't figured out that Denying someone a gun from a FFL retail operation means nothing if the criminal is

1) NOT prosecuted for PERJURY
2) obtains a weapon from other sources



Once again, you provide nothing but numbered opinions. That's sad.....

Gun shows without background checks are the second leading source of guns used in criminal activities, if you stop that you eliminate the one of the biggest sources for criminals to get guns. That should not be that hard for anyone to reason out for themselves.
 
Once again, you provide nothing but numbered opinions. That's sad.....

Gun shows without background checks are the second leading source of guns used in criminal activities, if you stop that you eliminate the one of the biggest sources for criminals to get guns. That should not be that hard for anyone to reason out for themselves.

stop telling falsehoods I posted studies from the government saying that criminals got less than 1 percent of their guns from gun shows. You haven't posted squat
 
stop telling falsehoods I posted studies from the government saying that criminals got less than 1 percent of their guns from gun shows. You haven't posted squat

Previously posted above:

"Gun shows were a major trafficking channel, involving the second highest number of trafficked guns per investigation." (p. xi)
Following the Gun: Enforcing Federal Laws Against Firearms Traffickers," Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (June 2000)

Close Gun Show Loophole, Facts and Statistics

A primer for TurtleDude and others uniformed about the gun show loophole:

"To date, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) has prevented nearly 1.8 million criminals and other prohibited purchasers from buying guns. The law also has a deterrent effect—prohibited purchasers are less likely to try to buy guns when they know comprehensive background check requirements are in place.

Unfortunately, current federal law requires criminal background checks only for guns sold through licensed firearm dealers, which account for just 60% of all gun sales in the United States. A loophole in the law allows individuals not “engaged in the business” of selling firearms to sell guns without a license—and without processing any paperwork. That means that two out of every five guns sold in the United States change hands without a background check.

Though commonly referred to as the “Gun Show Loophole,” the “private sales” described above include guns sold at gun shows, through classified newspaper ads, the Internet, and between individuals virtually anywhere.

Unfortunately, only six states (CA, CO, IL, NY, OR, RI) require universal background checks on all firearm sales at gun shows. Three more states (CT, MD, PA) require background checks on all handgun sales made at gun shows. Seven other states (HI, IA, MA, MI, NJ, NC, NE) require purchasers to obtain a permit and undergo a background check before buying a handgun. Florida allows its counties to regulate gun shows by requiring background checks on all firearms purchases at these events. 33 states have taken no action whatsoever to close the Gun Show Loophole."

Gun Show Loophole - Coalition to Stop Gun Violence

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Major fail on your part

you cite some anti gun nut case organization

they cite the ATF

but what does the cite to the ATF say


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You have also ignored the obvious

when you go to buy a gun from a retail (FFL) dealer you fill out a form called a 4473

AFTER YOU FILL THE FORM OUT AND SIGN IT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, the dealer's agent or clerk calls NICS (the agency that does the BGCs)

BUT IF YOU ADMIT ON THE FORM that you are a

1) fugitive
2) felon
3) illegal alien
4) under indictment
5) dishonorably discharged
6) an addict
7) adjudicated mentally incompetent
8) Lautenberg addition-domestic violence MISDEMEANOR (added many years after the 68 GCA)

or you don't live in the state (for a handgun)
or you are under age (18 for long arm, 21 for handgun)

THEY DON'T EVEN CALL THE NICS, they say SORRY YOU ARE PROHIBITED


ONCE they call NICS you have AFFIRMED UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY that you have testified that you are of legal age, residence and NOT an PROHIBITED PERSON

from WIKI

he Form 4473 contains name, address, date of birth, government-issued photo ID, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check transaction number, make/model/serial number of the firearm, and a short federal affidavit stating that the purchaser is eligible to purchase firearms under federal law. Lying on this form is a felony and can be punished by up to five years in prison in addition to fines, even if the transaction is simply denied by the NICS, although prosecutions are rare in the absence of another felony committed with the gun purchased.

NOW if very few people are actually prosecuted for LYING on the form they really have not been stopped from obtaining a weapon-it merely means they couldn't get a weapon from that store

there is NO EVIDENCE that this law has prevented FELONS or those with DV misdemeanors (a more recent addition due to Frank "the Dinosaur" Lautenberg's amendment which stripped thousands of cops and soldiers of their jobs for misdemeanor DV pleas they made years ago without being told that one day it could cost them their jobs)

so the 1.8 million you are trumpeting needs to be seen in the true light
 
This includes a link to the actual study by the ATF:

"In 2000, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) published the "Following the Gun" report.[18] The ATF analyzed more than 1,530 trafficking investigations over a two-and-a-half-year period and found gun shows to be the second leading source of illegally diverted guns in the nation."
Gun shows in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

they cited their own investigations

sorry that doesn't cut it

they did the same thing under clinton

they had an illegal FORWARD TRACE operation where they would go into gun stores and demand to review records to see who bought "assault weapons" WHETHER THERE WAS ANY REASON TO so they could tell congress that MOST OF THEIR TRACES OF WEAPONS INVOLVED "ASSAULT WEAPONS"

Now tell me what relevance there is to saying that BGC's stopped "1.3 million" from buying guns if almost none were prosecuted
 
they cited their own investigations

sorry that doesn't cut it



First you wanted proof of actual ATF numbers, and when they are provided, you say they don't count because they are ATF numbers. Do you realize how asinine that sounds?
 
First you wanted proof of actual ATF numbers, and when they are provided, you say they don't count because they are ATF numbers. Do you realize how asinine that sounds?

what is asinine is braying about how those "background checks stopped 1.3 million" when its really a lie when you look at the end result

capiche?
 
what is asinine is braying about how those "background checks stopped 1.3 million" when its really a lie when you look at the end result

capiche?


Thanks Mr. TurtleDude without a lick of proof, ever! I will go with the ATF numbers. Capiche?
 
Thanks Mr. TurtleDude without a lick of proof, ever! I will go with the ATF numbers. Capiche?

I) I posted a government study demonstrating LESS THAN .7 percent (that is less than 7 in a thousand) convicted criminals stated they got a firearm from a GUN SHOW-most got them from friends and family or from the black market

II) you constantly talk about 1.3 million people BEING DENIED a retail sale but you never deal with the fact that very FEW are ever prosecuted for PERJURY
 
Re: NRA Newtown response

have you read the posts on this board? lots of bitching about the NRA. DId you see all the insane loons protesting against the NRA on the news. why is it that almost every person demanding more gun control liberal or more left?

Here's one entertaining reason:
 
I) I posted a government study demonstrating LESS THAN .7 percent (that is less than 7 in a thousand) convicted criminals stated they got a firearm from a GUN SHOW-most got them from friends and family or from the black market

II) you constantly talk about 1.3 million people BEING DENIED a retail sale but you never deal with the fact that very FEW are ever prosecuted for PERJURY

You know, ironically enough, under my state laws making a false statement under oath is not perjury. You have to make two irreconcilable statements both under oath to be convicted of that so as long as you stick with your lie even when it is proven a lie, you are okay. Attempting to commit a felony, which possession by a felon is, however would be the way to go on those cases though and if gun stores were required to keep surveillance videos (I assume most do anyway) it becomes not an attempt the second they touch the gun they want to purchase.
 
I) I posted a government study demonstrating LESS THAN .7 percent (that is less than 7 in a thousand) convicted criminals stated they got a firearm from a GUN SHOW-most got them from friends and family or from the black market

II) you constantly talk about 1.3 million people BEING DENIED a retail sale but you never deal with the fact that very FEW are ever prosecuted for PERJURY

Ah, you've taken your numbering of your opinions up a notch, to Roman Numerals!!!! :cool:

Still doesn't change the ATF numbers I documented. And btw, I am all for increasing resources available to police enforcement for increased prosecutions for perjury. In order to be effective this will have to be a multi-pronged effort. That together with preventing gun show sales without a background check will significantly reduce the access to guns by criminals and crazies.
 
Ah, you've taken your numbering of your opinions up a notch, to Roman Numerals!!!! :cool:

Still doesn't change the ATF numbers I documented. And btw, I am all for increasing resources available to police enforcement for increased prosecutions for perjury. In order to be effective this will have to be a multi-pronged effort. That together with preventing gun show sales without a background check will significantly reduce the access to guns by criminals and crazies.

No it won't and you cannot prove that claim. Gun shows are a fairly recent (30 years or so) operation. Before 1982 or so, FFL dealers could NOT sell guns except at the address on their license It was the change in the regulations that allowed gun shows to flourish
 
You know, ironically enough, under my state laws making a false statement under oath is not perjury. You have to make two irreconcilable statements both under oath to be convicted of that so as long as you stick with your lie even when it is proven a lie, you are okay. Attempting to commit a felony, which possession by a felon is, however would be the way to go on those cases though and if gun stores were required to keep surveillance videos (I assume most do anyway) it becomes not an attempt the second they touch the gun they want to purchase.


I cannot dispute your comments about your state law. HOwever, under FEDERAL law lying on the 4473 is FEDERAL Perjury and it is a FELONY.
 
I cannot dispute your comments about your state law. HOwever, under FEDERAL law lying on the 4473 is FEDERAL Perjury and it is a FELONY.

How many more ATF agents, FBI Agents, and Federal Prosecutors do you want to hire to go after everyone who gets rejected? Just curious....
 
How many more ATF agents, FBI Agents, and Federal Prosecutors do you want to hire to go after everyone who gets rejected? Just curious....

well when the idiotic war on drugs is jettisoned there will be plenty of LEOs who need work!!

and it sure beats hiring all those new IRS agents to shake people down or the ATF agents to enforce the gun bans the Obamatards want
 
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