I had high hopes for this DUmster thread which petered out rather quickly.
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 12:13 PM
onehandle (41,021 posts)
How The Las Vegas Killer Used Facebook To Exploit Gun Law Loopholes
Jerad Miller, one of the killers responsible for gunning down two police officers and a pedestrian in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, tried to purchase weapons on Facebook one month before the deadly rampage. In a post dated May 8, Miller asks, “Need rifle. Can anyone help?†before clarifying that he’s looking for “anything that can reach out and touch evil tyrant bastards.â€
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Jerad Miller, who had a criminal record dating back to 2000, was a convicted felon and prohibited from purchasing firearms from a licensed dealer. It was a restriction he railed against online.
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Federal law prohibits felons, domestic abusers, the mentally ill, and other broad categories of individuals from purchasing weapons from licensed gun dealers, though many states ban additional categories of people — those who commit misdemeanors or have a demonstrated history of alcohol- or substance-abuse problems — from carrying guns.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025074636This rather helpful thread only garnered one response, that coming from DUmmy frylick-me which sums up the reason for all the anti-second amendment chatter in DUmmyland. He/she/it is quoting from a facebook conversation where miller is looking to purchase gunz illegally.
Response to onehandle (Original post)
Tue Jun 10, 2014, 03:19 PM
frylock (23,126 posts)
1. we broke bro. also, i have those felony convictions preventing me from legally purchasing..
I wonder if one of these fine, upstanding patriots was able to assist?
We all know that the answer to that question is no, because if a conservative or militia member executed a straw purchase for that looser it would be all over the news. However the point remains, DUmmies have, by mere fact that they are DUmmies, all kinds of felony drug and domestic violence convictions that prevent them from legally purchasing firearms. I suspect that DUnce onehandle is hip to that one.