elephant_man
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So the Moms Demand Action/Brady campaign sent out one of their mass emails, with a letter from a supposed "Gun Dealer" Chris Kitaeff who agrees with the Brady Campaign about how we need more background checks.
Turns out this guy doesn't actually own a shop, and his FFL#9-86-013-07-5J-05759 just leads to a residential address. He owns website domains for various gun-related names such as NewportFirearms.com, but there's nothing there. No one's ever heard of him, done business with him, nor seen his shop. He does have a history of saying typical anti-gun stuff on his twitter account and has on occasion traveled around the country to attend and speak at anti-gun gatherings.
I know this isn't anything new and that MDA has made commercials with fake hunters talking about how we need more gun control. I just thought the more exposure this gets from our side, the less credible this Chris Kitaeff guy has as a spokesperson for the Brady Campaign/Moms Demand Action/Everytown or whatever they're calling themselves now.
This is probably one of the last news articles he's mentioned in from 2014, but Moms Demand Action has touted him as some sort of leader figure in their recent newsletters.
How did this guy even get a Type 07 FFL without a legit business? I thought you had to get an interview with an ATF agent? I know a few gunowners who wanted one just so they wouldn't have to pay FFL fees and were turned down.
As a gun dealer in Arizona, I've run a lot of background checks. And I never sell a gun to someone until their check confirms they are a law-abiding citizen.
In the rare case that a background check takes longer than three days, a deadly loophole in the law gives gun dealers the choice of whether or not to make the sale.
I know where I stand on this: No gun sales without complete background checks. But at least two major gun retailers haven't made their background check policies clear.
Turns out this guy doesn't actually own a shop, and his FFL#9-86-013-07-5J-05759 just leads to a residential address. He owns website domains for various gun-related names such as NewportFirearms.com, but there's nothing there. No one's ever heard of him, done business with him, nor seen his shop. He does have a history of saying typical anti-gun stuff on his twitter account and has on occasion traveled around the country to attend and speak at anti-gun gatherings.
I know this isn't anything new and that MDA has made commercials with fake hunters talking about how we need more gun control. I just thought the more exposure this gets from our side, the less credible this Chris Kitaeff guy has as a spokesperson for the Brady Campaign/Moms Demand Action/Everytown or whatever they're calling themselves now.
This is probably one of the last news articles he's mentioned in from 2014, but Moms Demand Action has touted him as some sort of leader figure in their recent newsletters.
How did this guy even get a Type 07 FFL without a legit business? I thought you had to get an interview with an ATF agent? I know a few gunowners who wanted one just so they wouldn't have to pay FFL fees and were turned down.