Re: Sandy Hook KillerdrewkittyApril 4 2013, 04:18:06 UTC
The NRA is 70% funded by firearms manufacturers and 30% funded by member donations.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 forbids what you suggest, and I have never heard such a suggestion in ten years of tracking this issue.
Felons can't have guns. Wife beaters ("convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence") can't have guns. And that's the way it's supposed to be.
"(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person - (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year
"(8) is subject to a court order that restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, except that this paragraph shall only apply to a court order that - (A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had the opportunity to participate; and (B)(i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or (9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence."
The Gun Control Act of 1968 forbids what you suggest, and I have never heard such a suggestion in ten years of tracking this issue.
Felons can't have guns. Wife beaters ("convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence") can't have guns. And that's the way it's supposed to be.
Citation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
"(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person - (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year
[SNIP 2-7, covering fugitives, addicts, mentally ill, unlawful aliens, dishonorable discharges and renouncing citizenship]
"(8) is subject to a court order that restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child, except that this paragraph shall only apply to a court order that - (A) was issued after a hearing of which such person received actual notice, and at which such person had the opportunity to participate; and (B)(i) includes a finding that such person represents a credible threat to the physical safety of such intimate partner or child; or (ii) by its terms explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against such intimate partner or child that would reasonably be expected to cause bodily injury; or (9) has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence."
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