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Moosepoop

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9. Thanks -- I wasn't sure if pawn shops were required to conduct them.

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 10:10 AM

Jan 2013

I found this article a little bit ago:

Girl, 12, becomes third fatality of shooting at Ky. college

Kenny Woods, a Baptist minister who owns H & K Gun & Pawn Shop in Perry County, said in a telephone interview Wednesday that Stidham bought the gun legally at his shop about 1 p.m. Tuesday.

"He cleared a background check without even a delay," Woods said. "Everything was fine with him."

Woods said he would not have sold the gun had Stidham been acting strangely.

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Caitlin Cornett had gone to court in Perry County in November in an attempt to get an emergency domestic violence order against Stidham, but she was unsuccessful, her sister said.

I'm now wondering if the court had granted the emergency restraining order, would that have shown up in the background check and prevented Stidham from purchasing the gun at the pawn shop?

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Police: Gun used to kill 3 in Ky. bought same day [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2013 OP

Is this one of those MichaelHarris Jan 2013 #1

Did the pawn shop that sold him the gun do a background check? Moosepoop Jan 2013 #5

They were required to by law. nt hack89 Jan 2013 #7

Thanks -- I wasn't sure if pawn shops were required to conduct them. Moosepoop Jan 2013 #9

Yep. Lautenberg Amendment. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #10

The pawn shop owner is a baptist minister Mrs. Ted Nancy Jan 2013 #27

kind of pointless now, no? Javaman Jan 2013 #14

No this was not a good guy with a gun and that's the problem. All these gun laws will mean that politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2013 #16

Damn! ReRe Jan 2013 #2

If the pawn shop owner broke any gun law, he should be an accessory to murder. CanonRay Jan 2013 #6

yeah, i hate that "if i can't have you no one will" -mindset Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #25

That's right.... ReRe Jan 2013 #26

What was it that Homer Simpson said? harmonicon Jan 2013 #3

You beat me to it! FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #20

Is horror fatigue setting in? tclambert Jan 2013 #4

So there was an instant background check and they got the gun the same day? davidpdx Jan 2013 #8

If the gun lobby had their way.... Plucketeer Jan 2013 #11

Yup geomon666 Jan 2013 #12

This didn't answer my question davidpdx Jan 2013 #21

Kentucky does not have a waiting period. It's Rand Paul country. nt okaawhatever Jan 2013 #22

Thanks for the answer davidpdx Jan 2013 #23

Waiting periods don't work - or so we are told. jpak Jan 2013 #13

There Are More Obstacles To Voting Than Buying An AR-15 DallasNE Jan 2013 #15

Crazy, just crazy. Jennicut Jan 2013 #24

Another member of that "well regulated militia" (N/T) Grins Jan 2013 #17

Appropriate name for city. nt valerief Jan 2013 #18

Ugh! UGH! UGGGGHHHHH! HuckleB Jan 2013 #19

wtf.. raidert05 Jan 2013 #28