Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:06 PM

apples and oranges (1,083 posts)

Is it possible that Adam Lanza illegally purchased the guns in his mother's name?

I'm not familiar with procedure. Is it possible to use someone else's identity to buy a gun?

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Is it possible that Adam Lanza illegally purchased the guns in his mother's name? (Original post)	apples and oranges	Dec 2012	OP
This illustrates how easy it is to get a gun in 'merica.	onehandle	Dec 2012	#1
Not a woman's if you are a man, no	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#2
Multiple reports have said so	ProgressiveProfessor	Dec 2012	#4
Yeah	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#7
Not practically	ProgressiveProfessor	Dec 2012	#3
No	OhioChick	Dec 2012	#5
That would be the most blatant illegal sale	DevonRex	Dec 2012	#6
He may have purchased them illegally.	HappyMe	Dec 2012	#8
He may have had mom buy them for him	MineralMan	Dec 2012	#9

Response to apples and oranges (Original post)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:07 PM

onehandle (35,440 posts)

1. This illustrates how easy it is to get a gun in 'merica.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:08 PM

Yo_Mama (3,672 posts)

2. Not a woman's if you are a man, no

But do we know they were hers?

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:32 PM

ProgressiveProfessor (22,144 posts)

4. Multiple reports have said so

But early reports have a high error rate.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:46 PM

Yo_Mama (3,672 posts)

7. Yeah

We've all been burned by that reality.

I'm in shock - I suppose the reporters are too, so this time there could be some excuse for the confusion.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:32 PM

ProgressiveProfessor (22,144 posts)

3. Not practically

She may have bought them for him or for him to use. 21 is the age limit to buy pistols.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:34 PM

OhioChick (21,217 posts)

5. No

They were his mother's.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021983524

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:42 PM

DevonRex (19,943 posts)

6. That would be the most blatant illegal sale

and purchase I've ever seen. So, not really. You can be sure the 4473s are in ATF's hands as we speak. If there is any doubt they will have been dusted for prints and submitted for handwriting analysis. The only one who'll be liable in that case would be the dealer.

Which is why I say it's not really possible. No dealer is gonna stick his neck out like that on paper for a kid.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:47 PM

HappyMe (11,823 posts)

8. He may have purchased them illegally.

He couldn't buy them using his mother's name. I googled it - 18 yrs. old in CT to buy rifle, 21 to buy pistol.
I thought they said that they found his brother's id in the car or on his person, so who knows what happened.

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Fri Dec 14, 2012, 07:53 PM

MineralMan (53,915 posts)

9. He may have had mom buy them for him

for some reason like a diagnosed mental illness that had been reported.

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