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He told me if someone couldn't pass a background check, all he would have to do is send someone else in with the money and have him pay for the gun and go through the background check
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That's called a straw purchase, and it should be...oh, right. Those are already against the law. In fact, they're punishable by a 10-year prison sentence.
Of course, they still keep happening because nobody ever gets sentenced to 10 years for them. Most folks get probation.
Of all the ugly gun control measures of the 1990s, the NICS system is the least offensive. It has its problems (which is a whole 'nuther thread), but if we didn't have it, we'd have something far more onerous.