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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:52 AM Original message |
20 Arrested As Feds Bust Major Gun Ring - 300 AK-47s Seized Before Making Way To Mexican Drug Cartel |
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northoftheborder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. what state was this? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Arizona - where all the responsible law abiding gun stuff happens |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good job! |
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Remmah2 (971 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. Was it Bloomberg's people? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. This was in AZ - the Long Island assault weapon runners are a different case |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. About time. Why haven't they been doing this all along? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Because it would "infringe" on binging gun buyers |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Not at all. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Every single U.S.-market civilian gun seized in Mexico has a serial number. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I hate straw-buying gun runners and the assholes who sell to them |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. We need to make the punishment fit the crime ... |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. The problem, with that... |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. You may be right. If you drive up the profit motive ... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. So, we'll end it, like we've ended Murder then? |
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spin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I totally agree ... |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. A dozen roses, dozen AK's what's the diff? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. The only "need" for buying 12 AKs at the same time is straw purchasing for criminals/gun runners |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Says who? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. You don't see the incongruity? |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. If you were after multiple-purchase reporting requirements |
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one-eyed fat man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:43 PM Original message |
Hey, pay attention |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. I'm not so sure about that. |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I would imagine the serial numbers would be filed off before delivery |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Actually the numbers are drilled out. |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Makes sense |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Don't most guns have a second serial number where it cannot be accessed |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I don't know. It would be a good idea. N/T |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Many guns have multiple serial numbers- hence the 'matching numbers' you see in used gun ads. |
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Straw Man (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. A quick check of a Saiga AK variant... |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Ditto for many of mine. I think it would be a reasonable requirement for new guns |
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X_Digger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. My ARs only have one. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Bullshit. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. They've got to do something... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Yep, there's going to be a FLURRY of arrests NOW. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Exactly. |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. And on cue ......they are deporting the witnesses to the Brian Terry murder |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Something just doesn't add up. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Maybe these are the smaller players without the connections of the big boys. |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Or some of them are... |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. they arrested people legally buying guns? |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Not really. |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. You're kidding, right? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
31. No amount of law enforcement ever made a lasting dent |
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ileus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. I hope they can start busting some of the straw buyers. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
41. If they are breaking the law, throw the book at them |
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