I'm aware of that, unfortunately we still have ours. I was wondering how it was tracked. Here in NJ you have to get a purchase permit from the PD for each and every handgun you want to buy so it's easy to track since the state police gets a copy of the permit after each sale whether purchased from a store or another citizen. What would have stopped a VA resident from buying a gun at one store then buying one at another store the next day?
I'm aware of that, unfortunately we still have ours. I was wondering how it was tracked. Here in NJ you have to get a purchase permit from the PD for each and every handgun you want to buy so it's easy to track since the state police gets a copy of the permit after each sale whether purchased from a store or another citizen. What would have stopped a VA resident from buying a gun at one store then buying one at another store the next day?
It would show up in the instant background check for store purchases.
Personal sales wouldn't show and as far as I know, 1 gun a month didn't apply to private sales. If it did, it was completely ignored.
Anybody here familiar with the inner workings of Virginia's one gun a month law?
It darned near financially ruined many folks.
"But sweetheart, it's the law. I have to buy one handgun a month."
Yes, there were those who got away with that. They are the ones who "just find" something in the back of the gun safe that must have been there for years after they come back from a gun show/trip to the gun store.
Otherwise, the explanations above cover it. We didn't need no steenkin' purchase permits - we had computers, and still refuse to ask "Mother, may I?" before we even go to the gun store/gun show.
stay safe.