TFred
Regular Member
This is from tonight's VCDL VA-ALERT, regarding a Virginia-based case of a straw purchase prosecution.
Almost every point made by the brief has been made by myself and others on these forums. Let's hope the SCOTUS takes this case and smacks down the BATF silly.
The link below is to the brief. It's long and lots of legal jargon, but some very good sound bites (see one of my favorites below after the VCDL post.) Worth the read.
TFred
One of the best sound bites from the brief:
Almost every point made by the brief has been made by myself and others on these forums. Let's hope the SCOTUS takes this case and smacks down the BATF silly.
The link below is to the brief. It's long and lots of legal jargon, but some very good sound bites (see one of my favorites below after the VCDL post.) Worth the read.
TFred
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3. VCDL signs on to an Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in defense of a Virginia gun owner
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The BATFE (the agency that brought you "Fast and Furious") is once again overstepping their bounds. VCDL, in coordination with Congressman Steve Stockman, Gun Owners of America, and some other groups, is trying to stop them from doing so.
Cliff's Notes on what happened: A person, **who could legally own a gun,** gave money to a second person, a police officer, who also could legally own a gun, to buy a gun since the police officer could get a nice discount on the purchase.
Both were charged with participating in a "straw purchase." (The police officer is from Virginia.)
Until now the BATFE's rule about "straw purchases" was only applied to someone buying a gun for a prohibited person. This sets a bad and unreasonable precedent.
Supposedly the rationale was to keep guns out of the hands of "bad guys." But not so anymore. Just a matter of time before they consider a gift of a firearm a straw purchase.
Here's the brief: http://www.lawandfreedom.com/site/firearms/Abramski_Amicus.pdf
One of the best sound bites from the brief:
Further evidence of the ATF’s arbitrary and capricious use of the straw purchase doctrine is the agency’s infamous Operation Fast and Furious. In that operation, the ATF intentionally facilitated straw purchases for over 2,000 firearms. Unlike Abramski’s purchase which went to a law abiding citizen, the firearms acquired through ATF’s straw purchases went to Mexican cartel members, who obviously were ineligible to possess firearms and, in fact, used ATF’s guns to commit countless murders. To this day, none of the federal agents, including ATF personnel, who facilitated those unlawful (and ultimately tragic) straw purchases have been charged with any crime. Yet, Abramski has been prosecuted for helping his elderly, law abiding uncle obtain a firearm for self-defense.