Langenator
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The thread about the Columbine video, specifically the fact that the girlfriend bought some of the guns for the killers, got me wondering-what exactly are the criminal penalties for making a straw purchase-i.e. buying a gun with the specific intent of giving it to a person who cannot legally have said gun. A fine? Probation? Prison time?
Maybe we should make the penalty for this more severe-I would propose that any person making such a purchase be automatically receive the same sentence as the person they bought the gun for, for any and all crimes committed with the gun, plus a minimum additional five years. If the gunner is killed in the commission of the crime(s), give the buyer whatever the gunner would have gotten had he lived.
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Maybe we should make the penalty for this more severe-I would propose that any person making such a purchase be automatically receive the same sentence as the person they bought the gun for, for any and all crimes committed with the gun, plus a minimum additional five years. If the gunner is killed in the commission of the crime(s), give the buyer whatever the gunner would have gotten had he lived.
Comments?