Reporter accused of Straw Purchase

[bulletsmith]

I doubt it will go any further, but it's still funny to see.

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[BiscuitNaBasket]

Like the idiot who brought a 3 round AR mag to a news show in a state that banned them some people think they're above the law.

 

[2A_Tom]

They are.

 

[1911ly]

They are.

They shouldn't be. It seems to be a freedom a liberal media outlet is afforded. It makes me sick.

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

What kills me is the irony. Someone in possession of a object currently illegal in the place they are in yet still pushing for said object to be banned in other places where they are legal. I mean COME ON!

 

[Kurr]

Have you written the ATF to report the reporters crime? See something, Say something, ya know?

 

[1911ly]

What kills me is the irony. Someone in possession of a object currently illegal in the place they are in yet still pushing for said object to be banned in other places where they are legal. I mean COME ON!

Yep. You can bet your ass they will get a pass.

 

[Moparracer89]

Hope she gets hung out to dry.

 

[SMiller]

Hope she gets hung out to dry.

Lol yah right, the media gets to do whatever they want, if you or I did it we would be facing federal prison.

 

[Thegeek]

I've been following this pretty close. They purchased from one FFL and sold it to another. In the interim, the buyer was the "intended owner". So, no straw purchase.

 

[long coat]

But who paid for it? If the station gave her the $ to buy it, then it's a straw purchase.

 

[dudley0]

Wouldn't matter where the money came from if she intended to keep it for herself.

I don't see the straw in this purchase...

 

[bulletsmith]

Wouldn't matter where the money came from if she intended to keep it for herself.

I don't see the straw in this purchase...

I suspect this may be key. It does not appear that she ever intended to keep it for herself.

 

[dudley0]

She can always claim she got cold feet and got rid of it. Had she just handed it to her producer I could see a possible problem. All that seems to have happened is she made a point about buying a firearm and then transferred it back to an FFL.

Well, she wasted a little time and money along the way.

Maybe I am missing something.

 

[bulletsmith]

She can always claim she got cold feet and got rid of it. Had she just handed it to her producer I could see a possible problem. All that seems to have happened is she made a point about buying a firearm and then transferred it back to an FFL.

Well, she wasted a little time and money along the way.

Maybe I am missing something.

I don't think you are missing anything. In fact I believe this is just somebody trying to make a point and it's not likely that anything will come of it. I do enjoy the attention to stupidity though.

 

[2A_Tom]

I've been following this pretty Close. They purchased from one FFL and sold it to another. In the interim, the buyer was the "intended owner". So, no straw purchase.

Glen?

 

[Doug]

It seems, on the face of things, that she did not buy the firearm for her personal use, but that she bought it for use by the television program to produce a broadcast which would increase ratings. She bought the firearm under false pretenses.

All she has to do to avoid prosecution is lie to Federal officials.

Does anyone think the news team would commit perjury?

 

[gregkl]

I suspect this may be key. It does not appear that she ever intended to keep it for herself.

The wording gets a little tricky for me, but did she have an intended buyer?

I believe it is a straw purchase if you have an intended buyer. You can buy a gun with every intention of selling it to someone. You just can't buy one to sell to Omar because he asked you to purchase it for him.

 

[indykid]

The owner of the shop she bought it from was on the radio the other day. She told him she intended to keep it and use for training for herself. That makes it a legal purchase. She then later decided not to keep it and sold it to someone who did use an FFL for legal transfer. Shady yes, illegal no.

 

[KG1]

Yeah I'm on the side of it doesn't quite merit a straw purchase prosecution. I think there is more of a case for an illegal firearm purchase involving that whole Katie Couric anti-gun hit piece.