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..many straw purchases are conducted in an openly "suggestive" manner where two people walk into a gun store, one selects a firearm, and then the other uses identification for the purchase and pays for the gun. Or, several underage people walk into a store and an adult with them makes the purchases. Both of these are illegal activities.
ATF officials say that only about 8% of the nation's 124,000 retail gun dealers sell the majority of handguns that are used in crimes. They conclude that these licensed retailers are part of a block of rogue entrepreneurs tempted by the big profits of gun trafficking.
Did Don's Guns open a few new locations maybe?That's a hell of a conclusion to make. Did it occur to them that maybe this 8% of dealers are located in higher crime areas than the rest?
If it was a smaller percentage I could buy it but this is pretty thin.
With behaviors like these, it's no wonder the ATF conducts stings on FFLs...In that position I'd rather deny service than potentially sell a gun to a criminal.
Is there a legit national "hot list" for stolen guns or are such lists regional?
Do ALL stolen guns end up on a "hot list"?
What is "stolen" ???
Gramps goes to FL for a few months, comes back and finds safe missing some items (or all items). Grandson stole 'em, but unless gramps presses charges.................they won't end up on a list and instead just float away................who knows where they went, maybe all those who got them from the idiot grandkid, believed his story about "inheriting them"............were legal to own guns, maybe not.
Dunno.
Heard of a few snowbirds having such issues, and none pressed charges.
Stolen but not stolen.
Come on, EVERYONE that starts a business is in it for profit! I started my business for, you guessed it, PROFIT. If I wanted a non profit business, I'd form a church/ religion, and the rest of you could pay my share of taxes!Many LGS are just chasing the money.
Yes, that is why the start a business. Profit.
If that is your sole reason for being in business pick something with less regulations.
I believe you missed CM's point. Of course the purpose of being in business is to make a profit. That doesn't mean that absolute indifference regarding what you may be doing to facilitate wrong-doing has to be part of the program. I know gun dealers who would tell questionable people to take a hike, as opposed to one in particular which comes to mind which appears to have no problem with his merchandise falling into a direct pipeline into crime. PSS and Bradis, for example, both sell a lot of guns and make a satisfactory profit without resorting to the gross indifference exhibited by another supplier whom I don't believe needs named for the purpose at hand.Come on, EVERYONE that starts a business is in it for profit! I started my business for, you guessed it, PROFIT. If I wanted a non profit business, I'd form a church/ religion, and the rest of you could pay my share of taxes!