2aguy
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This story shows that universal background checks for guns are unecessary to catch criminals...since everything that we, on the 2nd Amendment side, have pointed out is true about this case.....this guy was able to pass background checks.....and then took those guns and sold them to criminals...how was he caught....he was filing multiple stolen gun reports to insulate himself when those guns showed up at crime scenes......cops noticed how often he was filing stolen gun reports.....and they caught him.....
Universal background checks did not catch him.....registering guns did not catch him...licensing gun owners did not catch him.....police work caught him....
ATF: Seattle ‘straw buyer’ faked thefts to sell guns into black market
“Straw purchasers often acquire a relatively small number of firearms in each transaction, making it more difficult for law enforcement to discover the crime,” Colbrun said Tuesday. “Straw purchasing also makes it possible for firearms traffickers to effectively circumvent the background check and record-keeping requirements of federal law by distancing themselves from the documented part of firearm purchases.”
In court papers, the ATF special agent said Gebrekidan bought “numerous firearms, and filed a series of dubious police reports documenting an apparent series of burglaries, thefts and lost firearms.”
Some of those lost guns didn’t stay missing for long, the ATF agent continued. Many were found with convicted felons prosecuted separately, the agent said, and at least one was used in the robbery of a South Seattle marijuana shop.
Universal background checks did not catch him.....registering guns did not catch him...licensing gun owners did not catch him.....police work caught him....
ATF: Seattle ‘straw buyer’ faked thefts to sell guns into black market
“Straw purchasers often acquire a relatively small number of firearms in each transaction, making it more difficult for law enforcement to discover the crime,” Colbrun said Tuesday. “Straw purchasing also makes it possible for firearms traffickers to effectively circumvent the background check and record-keeping requirements of federal law by distancing themselves from the documented part of firearm purchases.”
In court papers, the ATF special agent said Gebrekidan bought “numerous firearms, and filed a series of dubious police reports documenting an apparent series of burglaries, thefts and lost firearms.”
Some of those lost guns didn’t stay missing for long, the ATF agent continued. Many were found with convicted felons prosecuted separately, the agent said, and at least one was used in the robbery of a South Seattle marijuana shop.
