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PeaceNikki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-02-11 06:15 PM
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28. Here:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/63459407.html

Federal law also prohibits anyone from selling guns to felons and others prohibited from owning a gun including a straw buyer. But there have been no such cases filed in Milwaukee in at least five years. Prosecutors said that's because they are such hard cases to prove.

Straw buy cases aren't easy and often depend on ATF agents getting a confession.


The straw buyers issue is what the subthread is discussing. Those buyers are not felons before being busted. There are efforts to make it a felony so that they become one, too.
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  -Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn calls Walker's Concealed Carry Bill "reckless and foolish" PeaceNikki  Jun-02-11 05:04 PM   #0 
  - Think they regret endorsing this asshat yet?  Scuba   Jun-02-11 05:07 PM   #1 
  - Yes.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:09 PM   #2 
     - redemption is the way. they won't be fooled by this again.  roguevalley   Jun-02-11 05:27 PM   #9 
     - Agreed and when faced with the inner conflict, I do come back to this.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:30 PM   #11 
        - agreed. we all should get a second chance. Lovely picture, :)  roguevalley   Jun-02-11 05:38 PM   #15 
           - Thanks, yours, too!  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:39 PM   #17 
     - Well, the Repubes usually act in a slower and more deceitful manner  krispos42   Jun-02-11 11:26 PM   #46 
     - my understanding is that none of these people ran on or mentioned it  gejohnston   Jun-03-11 12:05 AM   #47 
  - Here they come...  Kingofalldems   Jun-02-11 05:10 PM   #3 
  - What a strangely written article...  Cid_B   Jun-02-11 05:20 PM   #4 
  - Likely. The shootout has been all over.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:22 PM   #5 
  - Yeah..  Cid_B   Jun-02-11 05:26 PM   #7 
     - The two are not mutually exclusive.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:28 PM   #10 
        - The overlap is so rare as to be statistically meaningless. n/t  PavePusher   Jun-02-11 05:50 PM   #18 
        - Uh, yeah, they are.  cleanhippie   Jun-02-11 07:39 PM   #42 
  - Poorly written at best  ProgressiveProfessor   Jun-02-11 05:24 PM   #6 
  - Other police chiefs have said they have no problem with it which is not surprising  ProgressiveProfessor   Jun-02-11 05:27 PM   #8 
  - With the Wisconsin Bill?  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:32 PM   #12 
     - Your article says nothing about "most"...  eqfan592   Jun-02-11 05:50 PM   #19 
        - Many support concealed carry, but not this bill. Get your Google on and find more than 2 that do.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:53 PM   #20 
        - To be frank...  eqfan592   Jun-02-11 06:04 PM   #23 
           - lol  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 06:06 PM   #24 
              - I am serious...  eqfan592   Jun-02-11 07:19 PM   #36 
                 - Surely you can't be serious.  discntnt_irny_srcsm   Jun-02-11 08:13 PM   #43 
        - You touch upon an interesting point  Euromutt   Jun-03-11 06:12 PM   #54 
  - Way to go Chief. Would you be interested in running for Governor next time?  ladjf   Jun-02-11 05:34 PM   #13 
  - The Chief clearly lacks an understanding of the bills in question...  eqfan592   Jun-02-11 05:56 PM   #21 
  - "Flynn is also requesting a provision... ...that would make straw purchases illegal."  slackmaster   Jun-02-11 05:36 PM   #14 
  - Here's more on that  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 05:38 PM   #16 
     - Is it common that people are only charged by the state for straw purchases?  petronius   Jun-02-11 05:58 PM   #22 
     - Prosecutions for straw purchases are about as rare as hens' teeth  slackmaster   Jun-02-11 06:10 PM   #26 
     - Interesting - is it because proving the intent is so difficult?  petronius   Jun-02-11 06:16 PM   #29 
     - "Are you the actual purchaser of the firearm(s)?"  slackmaster   Jun-02-11 06:52 PM   #33 
        - Or just claim to have not liked it as much as you thought you would... n/t  PavePusher   Jun-03-11 12:10 AM   #48 
     - Obviously that needs to change ...  spin   Jun-02-11 07:07 PM   #34 
     - Only a handful per year tried in Federal Court  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 06:11 PM   #27 
        - Unfortunate. Is there a reason to think state prosecutors would be more inclined  petronius   Jun-02-11 06:18 PM   #30 
           - I don't know, really. That is a question that crossed my mind, too.  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 06:20 PM   #31 
     - so why not just send them to federal court?  gejohnston   Jun-02-11 06:08 PM   #25 
        - Here:  PeaceNikki   Jun-02-11 06:15 PM   #28 
        - I know, get that but is  gejohnston   Jun-02-11 06:43 PM   #32 
        - US Attorney has a lot of discretion  one-eyed fat man   Jun-03-11 08:32 AM   #52 
  - Stupid GOP/NRA gun laws have gone too far - the backlash cometh  jpak   Jun-02-11 07:09 PM   #35 
  - Yes, the backlash in the form...  eqfan592   Jun-02-11 07:21 PM   #37 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-02-11 07:23 PM   #39 
  - Shouldn't you be preparing your daily Google-dump, rather than nattering  petronius   Jun-02-11 07:24 PM   #40 
  - This *IS* the backlash. Doyle twice vetoed CCW proposals with strict licensure requirements. n/t  benEzra   Jun-02-11 07:29 PM   #41 
  - Nope, so can you and Shares get one of those Tavors from Canada?  gejohnston   Jun-02-11 08:25 PM   #44 
  - You keep posting this idiotic tripe and you just might believe it.  rl6214   Jun-02-11 11:18 PM   #45 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-02-11 07:22 PM   #38 
  - So?  TPaine7   Jun-03-11 01:57 AM   #49 
  - The governor of Wisconsin authored this bill?  Tejas   Jun-03-11 05:46 AM   #50 
  - I don't think he did but it gets everybody riled up easier  DonP   Jun-03-11 07:18 AM   #51 
  - Is this the bill being discussed?  ManiacJoe   Jun-03-11 02:27 PM   #53 
 

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