QuickDraw
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Tis a shame.
I bought a .308 700pss and a
.223 700LTR there. Good prices.
I bought a .308 700pss and a
.223 700LTR there. Good prices.
Judge denies San Leandro gun dealer's appeal
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Cesiumsponge
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By chance was the store ever broken into and burgled? I am curious if accounted burglaries and such things where merchendise was removed was included in this "missing and unaccounted" figure. I am also if they considered clerical errors such as missing a checkbox or abbreviating something that wasn't supposed to be as situations that created an unaccounted firearm.
Mixed feelings here; hate to see a shop with that much history close, BUT...
having been involved in licensed sales for over 30 years, and although nowhere near their volume, ALL guns are accounted for. It ain't that hard, folks, and it IS the law.......
Dollars to doughnuts, though, the funds for those sales aren't unaccounted for
having been involved in licensed sales for over 30 years, and although nowhere near their volume, ALL guns are accounted for. It ain't that hard, folks, and it IS the law.......
Dollars to doughnuts, though, the funds for those sales aren't unaccounted for
dcr, how many times have you been audited by ATF? Care to relate your experiences?
As I understand it, BATFE has a special office that calculates "time to crime" for weapons associated with crimes: they track the sales history of a weapon, and cross correlate with FFL's who show up in the chain. If too many hits point to a particular gunshop, and/or the time from initial manufacture date to crime recovery is too short, that gunshop gets targeted.
In some cases, the result of this statistical study is given to brady.org, and other gun-grabbing groups so they can turn up the political heat against specific gunshops. You get on the top 10 list of worst gundealers in the country, on page 1 of USA Today.
(EDIT: Here's the link: http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/0716-10.htm)
Then the audits start. I guarantee you, that if you get on this list, ATF will find violations, doesn't matter how trivial, and ATF dryly states "Mr. X has repeatedly and willfully violated the Gun Control Act". In recent months, that translates into a notice of revocation, no appeal (except possibly to ATF themselves
), enormous legal costs, w/ little chance for success anyway.
As I understand it, BATFE has a special office that calculates "time to crime" for weapons associated with crimes: they track the sales history of a weapon, and cross correlate with FFL's who show up in the chain. If too many hits point to a particular gunshop, and/or the time from initial manufacture date to crime recovery is too short, that gunshop gets targeted.
In some cases, the result of this statistical study is given to brady.org, and other gun-grabbing groups so they can turn up the political heat against specific gunshops. You get on the top 10 list of worst gundealers in the country, on page 1 of USA Today.
(EDIT: Here's the link: http://www.commondreams.org/news2003/0716-10.htm)
Then the audits start. I guarantee you, that if you get on this list, ATF will find violations, doesn't matter how trivial, and ATF dryly states "Mr. X has repeatedly and willfully violated the Gun Control Act". In recent months, that translates into a notice of revocation, no appeal (except possibly to ATF themselves
), enormous legal costs, w/ little chance for success anyway.Deathrider1579
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Ignoring of course that a gun dealer having to "account" for any gun he sells is a violation of the constitution, and all these limiting laws are as well.
It kinda sounds like he was asking for a visit from the alphadork agency, I still think he should keep his licence, its not his fault what idiots do with what they buy from his store.
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It kinda sounds like he was asking for a visit from the alphadork agency, I still think he should keep his licence, its not his fault what idiots do with what they buy from his store.
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