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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Fri Jan 13, 2012, 09:24 PM Jan 2012

Court Upholds Requirement That Gun Store Owners In Southwest Border Report Some Sales [View all]

By Associated Press,

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has dismissed a firearms industry association’s lawsuit seeking to block the Obama administration from requiring gun store owners in Southwest border states to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary M. Collyer said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives properly limited its requirement to purchasers of two or more semi-automatic rifles greater than .22 caliber within five days in the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico or Texas

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Court Upholds Requirement That Gun Store Owners In Southwest Border Report Some Sales [View all] Purveyor Jan 2012 OP

Don't trust someone who breaks down the door. E6-B Jan 2012 #1

What's your point? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #3

Sorry I though this was the 'two outcomes thread' E6-B Jan 2012 #7

Makes a lot of sense Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #2

But not as much as it could make. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #4

Good point. It should apply to all states. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #5

Yea, thats why the NSSF came up with burf Jan 2012 #6

Yes. Very critical. Major fuckup. Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #12

Do the words "Straw buyers will go on road trips" mean anything to you? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #10

Yeah, doesn't really interest me that much Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #14

The backlash cometh, eh? friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #16

Usually does, doesn't it? Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #17

Tell me, where's the 'backlash' to the civil rights movement? X_Digger Jan 2012 #18

Bluntly, there are too many people that like the idea to go back. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #19

Here's a little more information burf Jan 2012 #13

About time something was done... ellisonz Jan 2012 #8

It will be as helpful as the 1994-2004 ban on bayonet mounts was. friendly_iconoclast Jan 2012 #11

This should make people feel good... ileus Jan 2012 #9

I'm sure we'll see a big reduction in Mexican cartel gun violence starting now. aikoaiko Jan 2012 #15

One thing missing in this discussion is who is buying the guns in Mexico? SteveW Jan 2012 #20