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US defends gun sale reporting requirement in court
October 31, 2011Printer Friendly | Email |
(GunReports.com) Gun store owners in southwestern border states recently argued in federal court that the Obama administration cannot require them to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles.
The Justice Department responded to a lawsuit seeking to block the two-month-old requirement by asking a judge to uphold its legality, arguing the measure could help stop the flow of guns to Mexican drug cartels.
It requires sellers in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives information about purchasers who buy two or more semi-automatic rifles greater than .22 caliber within five days.
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer questioned whether monitoring lawful gun sales is an appropriate way to stop the flow of guns to Mexican gangs.
Learn more from KHOU-TV in Houston.
The US seems to be defending a lot of losing causes lately. Now.....how hypocritical can things get? We have our Justice Department deliberately providing illegal firearms to the Mexican drug cartels in operations such as Fast and Furious, and that same Justice Department comes back and justifies the imposition of a new rule on gun dealers by saying that they are trying to "stop the flow of guns to Mexican drug cartels". What's wrong with this picture? It's funny that they defend so many losing causes while the same losing causes are all federal programs. Or maybe that's "LOSER" causes? But of course they will try to defend themselves - how many criminals admit to guilt when there is a possibility of jail time? Let's just hope the judge has been reading some of the reporting on F&F, and knows the cartels can buy their arms cheaper elsewhere. From: The Federal Government (BATFE, DEA, etc.) To: The People of the United States Re: Multi-Gun Purchases When will you finally understand that the immutable rule is Do As We Say, Not As We Do? We are the government and we know what is best for you. I feel like ever since LBJ, and starting with him, the federal government has been giving the citizens the "G.I. Hi-Sign", also known as a stiff middle finger. It's not about POTUSes, although they do it too, but the federal agencies are just totally out of control. I think we need to reach out and break that middle finger right off, and stick it up Uncle Sam's er, nose. An Important Note for GunReports.Com Readers: Our goal on this website is to foster a free expression of views while reining in language that crosses the line of civil discourse. Accordingly, the comments areas are intended to expand the knowledge of all users of this site. But site administrators wish to discourage the use of profanity, insults, disrespect, the advocacy of lawlessness, violence or sedition, or attempts to impinge on the rights of others. While GunReports.Com encourages robust discourse that furthers our understanding of all the issues affecting gun owners, comments that break GunReports.Com’s rules will be removed. In addition, we reserve the right to edit or delete individual comments, and in extreme cases, to ban commenters at our discretion. --Tim Cole To post a comment you must be a registered user of gunreports.com and be logged in. Use one of the forms below to login or register for FREE to gunreports.com
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