Getting your hands on a gun is easy. Despite all the talk about gun control you can buy a high-powered rifle or handgun with no background check, no paperwork and no questions asked. In most states it’s perfectly legal.
In just a matter of hours, Senior Investigative Reporter Josh Bernstein bought an AR15, an Uzi and a 9mm MAC 11 with three 30-round magazines and a box of bullets. The weapons weren’t purchased from a gun store or licensed dealer. They were purchased from total strangers in public parking lots.
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This is what the NRA wants to stay legal.
I will probably update this with more commentary later, but currently the only thing that comes to mind is a string of expletives. It's nice to discover that journalism isn't totally dead.
11:14 AM PT: The article's excellent. Here's another quote:
Private gun sales are a booming business. According to a recent study by the City of New York unlicensed private sellers account for roughly 40 percent of sales nationwide.
We shared our findings with Daniel Carey, a lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. When asked if a public parking lot is an appropriate location to sell a firearm Carey told FOX31 Denver, “I don’t see a problem with it.” After reviewing the transactions Carey compared the sales to that of a “bicycle or a motorcycle or some other lawful or legal good.”
A bicycle. Buying guns are like buying bicycles.
Unbelievable.