Those evil gun dealers
In the comments to this post, Triticale writes:
The dealer in Milwaukee who has had the most guns traced to them, some of which were used in crimes, has been alleging for years that they have had a hard time interesting the police in any suspected straw-buying. Refusing to sell a firearm to an individual who passes a background check because they look like someone who might be buying on behalf of a criminal is potentially a civil rights violation. When the large number of traqces first hit the news some years back, the dealer and we activists started raising questions. After a while the news story was revised and it was acknowledged that “some” had come to police attention without having been used in the commission of a crime, and 40 out of something like 1400 had been used in a murder.
Remember this when those folks that want to ban gun ownership rant about those evil gun dealers.
