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Old April 1, 2010, 01:29 AM   #14
Frank Ettin
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Originally Posted by Antipitas
The problem with that, fiddletown, is that you leave the person to prove a negative.

In denying a person the purchase a firearm, the onus is on the regulating authority to prove the case, not upon the buyer to prove he is not within the prohibited class, when the only "evidence" is inference.
I agree that's a potential issue. But in any case, it's not up to me, or to you. The standard to which the government agency will be held is going to be up to a court.

So we'll all have to see how this case turns out. But unless a court says they can't, I'd expect the government to act on inference.
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