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PoliticAverse

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6. "who purchases his guns legally." - it was apparently not legal...
Sun Jan 20, 2013, 01:11 AM
Jan 2013

as federal law prohibits gun ownership by anyone

"who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution;"

http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/44/922

This is really frightening. eom BlueCaliDem Jan 2013 #1
I feel sorry for him. ZombieHorde Jan 2013 #2
If this isn't the final straw cbrer Jan 2013 #3
So true. southerncrone Jan 2013 #4
Agree n/t Strelnikov_ Jan 2013 #21
Is this still considered "Breaking News?" Socal31 Jan 2013 #5
The story was just published an hour ago Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #7
Sorry I wasn't referring to the "breaking" part. Socal31 Jan 2013 #9
The story was entirely fact based, what part was intellectually dishonest? Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #11
The commentary was not fact based. I am not questioning the validity of the story. Socal31 Jan 2013 #13
I already edited that part of my commentary to be more accurate, but my commentary was not far off Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #14
"who purchases his guns legally." - it was apparently not legal... PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #6
Fair enough, I edited my post. Bjorn Against Jan 2013 #10
This case does highlight the deficiencies in the current NCIS background-check system. n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #12
Paperwork error? caseymoz Jan 2013 #16
Putting aside what happened at the state level it still wasn't legal at the federal level. PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #19
Okay, you're right. Then he didn't do it legally. nt caseymoz Jan 2013 #20
Waiting for the NRA to defend him alfredo Jan 2013 #8
And Wayne LaPierre aims to keep it that way AgingAmerican Jan 2013 #15
It sounds like the police department really dropped the ball NickB79 Jan 2013 #17
The article says otherwise quakerboy Jan 2013 #24
Thank you NRA. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #18
Even with background checks he could have bought them all. Kablooie Jan 2013 #22
You would begrudge a man his basic freedom? Crunchy Frog Jan 2013 #23
If crazies did not have guns, gun makers would not be able to sell so many of them to the rest of us McCamy Taylor Jan 2013 #25
I'm sorry, this is not breaking news OKNancy Jan 2013 #26
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