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Some time back we added a lot of mandatory sentence requirements to illegal gun charges. They cannot be reduced or ignored. SO the result is that many criminals will plead to some other charge, with a lesser sentence if the prosecutors DON'T bring the gun charge. Prosecutors are happy, they get a conviction and the bad guy goes to jail for some time, at least. (ex. pleading guilty and getting 6 years for dope (which might also be further adjusted with good behavior, etc) vs. 10 years mandatory if they get convicted on the gun charge. I can't say if its the best way to deal with things, not sure what is, but whenever I see some report of them looking for, or have picked up someone who's on the sunny side of 30 with a dozen or more felony convictions, AND they have a gun on them, SOMETHING isn't working the way we want it to...
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Is there any statistic about how many criminals pay for a gun (from any source) versus stealing? I would think a person engaged in other criminal activities won’t want to lay out cash for a gun when they can steal a gun from another criminal or victim. That is, do they even have the mindset of paying for anything versus just taking what they want?
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I don't know who would have such statistics, if they even exist as reliable numbers. Consider this, there are many different "classes" of criminals, and many of those who would use a gun, aren't the same people as those who steal guns.
Sure, there lots of overlap, but often, the guy who's planning on armed robbery doesn't want to take the additional time, effort, and risk stealing a gun when he can buy it, or trade for it, from someone else who has already stolen it. Prices for stolen guns depend on market factors, and can range from really cheap ($50 for a stolen $400 pistol is still $50 profit for the thief) to well over (even double) legal retail costs, it all depends on the black market supply and demand.
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My modest experience with prohibited populations suggests that they ordinarily obtain their arms through channels they trust to keep the transfer confidential. This means they don't use FFLs, or at least not licensees who run checks.
So UBCs respond to illicit arms transfers by making them illegal, which the participants already know. If UBCs aren't rationally related to dissuading prohibited persons from obtaining arms, then to what are they really related? They add to the administrative burden of legal sales; they are a direct burden on the right, not an incidental one. Direct burdens on the exercise of constitutional rights can be unconstitutional. Burdens on keeping and bearing arms may superficially all seem direct, but laws that prohibit brandishing, shooting in city limits or using one in a crime are directed to safe use and against use as a criminal tool; they have some beneficial general purpose. A UBC the primary consequence if which is that a legal transaction becomes a greater pain in the rump, while an illicit transaction becomes no more expensive or burdensome appears aimed squarely at legal transfer and possession.
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As I understand it a straw purchase is when one person who is legally capable of purchasing a firearm purchases one for someone that is prohibited from having a firearm. Someone purchasing one for a family member or even a friend is legal as long as that person is not prohibited. My father bought my first handgun for me so I could work as an armed security officer at the age of 19. That was way back in 1979 and I still have that handgun today, a 6 inch barrel Colt Python.
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The person the gun is being bought for, does NOT have to be a prohibited person. It's a legal briar patch, but in simplest terms, you can buy a gun for yourself, and give to someone else later, as a gift. Legal. You can buy a gun for someone else as a gift (and declared as such). Legal. But if you buy a gun for someone else (anyone else) and declare on the forms that you are the actual buyer, when you aren't, its a crime.
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Apparently sometimes they get guns the same way that the rest of us do: https://www.foxnews.com/us/aurora-sh...ony-conviction
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Since the majority of the guns were stolen, I wish they would have been able to drill down further and see how or if the guns were secured by any extra means like a safe, rsc, handgun safe, etc.
Most acknowledge that these just buy some time, but I wonder how many chose just an easier target to begin with. |
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And why would that matter? Is the theft (of anything) somehow valid if the thief has to work harder?
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Lemme quote you out of sequence, because I have a question from the middle.
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"Are you the actual transferee/buyer of the firearm(s) listed on this form? Warning: You are not the actual transferee/buyer if you are acquiring the firearm(s) on behalf of another person. If you are not the actual transferee/buyer, the licensee cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you." But the end notes give you wiggle room: "A person is also the actual transferee/buyer if he/she is legitimately purchasing the firearm as a bona fide gift for a third party. A gift is not bona fide if another person offered or gave the person completing this form money, service(s), or item(s) of value to acquire the firearm for him/her, or if the other person is prohibited by law from receiving or possessing the firearm." So how does one actually declare a purchase as a "bona fide gift" to a legal third party? I asked my local gun shop, and they didn't have an entirely reassuring answer other than to say, "If in doubt, buy a gift certificate."
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In your example, the woman is not buying the Beretta 92 on behalf of her husband, she is buying it for him. "On behalf" above is a colloquialism for an agency relationship. "On behalf of the Salvation Army, I'd like to offer you a cup of coffee and a doughnut" means that the coffee and doughnuts offer isn't mine, but the Salvation Army's, and I am just communicating their offer. "For" is ambiguous, but when contrasted with "on behalf of" indicates donation to someone. "I am buying a pacifier for my child" doesn't mean that my child appointed me to purchase a pacifier in my capacity as her agent; it means I am buying it, owning the pacifier, then giving to my child when I get home. The most effective way not to confuse the counter staff about a gift you are buying is not to rope them into a conversation about it. Their disincentive for incorrectly allowing a transfer is likely much higher than any incentive for completing one, so they are more likely to err in not allowing a legitimate transfer.
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My question was in regard to "declaring as such." To me, a clear declaration would be more comfortable than parsing the meanings of prepositional phrases. But I don't think there's any way to make such a declaration.
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Most armed criminals who are really around for awhile, not broke drug addicts who indescrimently rob you on the street or hold up liquor stores, are out there making what is considered great $$ by working folks.
A drug dealing gang banger is probably not going to stick out their neck to steal anything except a load of cash from another rival gang - they are going to try to stay under the radar and use their financial means to secure whatever they need (which could come from theiving drug addicts or a more organized source).. if you have the $$ you can pretty much buy anything. There is a lot of cold steel out there, for instance when someone dies a huge collection can instantly disperse without any legal ramifications even in a state with strict controls/tracking. Often on the grey market a regulated thing like a gun is worth more, so there's motivation to sell them under the table. My point is, the criminals doing most of the killing are probably not stealing their guns. |
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The problem isn't simply the hard case dealers. It's also the high local population of drug addicts who fuel the whole thing. From the perspective of someone who grew up in a major city and moved here it feels like a significant population of addicts includes a segment of locals who are figuring out how to be real gangsters. |
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Apologies if my imprecise language created some misconceptions. This is a very tricksy law because of the nuances of our language and various understandings, plus the legal interpretation.
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you don't actually fill out a box marked "gift" or answer a question if it is a gift on the form. Sorry for the confusion.
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Most hardcore criminals get their firearms from their own sources. One can walk into any public housing and with the right connections be offered weapons.
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The Dark Web is now a growing source of illegal weapons. The largest debate is whether most illegal firearms come from theft, licensed merchants performing illegal transactions, or illegal private sales. Without actual fact, we are simply taking a shot in the dark as data exist's supporting all sides of the debate. What is a fact is in every country in Europe as well as Australia that has implemented heavy gun control laws has only shifted the market for those who wish to visit violence on others underground. The criminal demand for weaponry remains and that demand is met. Only the law abiding are harmed, only now it is from both sides. Criminal predators and a government who has denied their citizens the right to self defense. |
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In light of that fact and until that study is conducted, I do not believe it is productive to engage in "my lack of data is more valid than your lack of data". Instead, concentrate on what we do know about the effects of draconian gun laws on crime. |
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A local news story a few years ago reported 18 UNLOCKED vehicles burglarized in one night in a prominent neighborhood. 3 firearms were stolen right there with no effort. That's not to say the car owner is at fault for what a thief does, but we all know without taking deliberate steps to try to prevent it we would all be victims at some time or another. Locks, alarms, cameras, etc., all seem to be accepted realities if you don't want your stuff stolen. If you don't have some or all of those things your odds go up to be victimized. With all these measures you are either simply buying time if the thief wants to work hard enough, but most will find the easier target. Personally, I want to make it as hard as possible so they move on to the easy target. |
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Some around here keep their car unlocked so some thief doesn't break something to get inside..BUT I certainly would make sure nothing 'important'(like a GUN???), wouldn't be inside.
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And if you dig in even deeper, you'll find that the originating source for the 'stolen firearm' category is actually either via a straw purchaser or a family member. In other words, the person caught with it during the crime, had stole it from someone else who had stolen it.
Leftists/media have many times over the years used the 'stolen firearm' data point to either blame law-abiding gun owners (failing to secure their guns) or to create laws to force law abiding gun owners into securing them (mandatory gun locks). But they only looked at where the end user sourced their firearm, not where it first originated and entered the market. Which is almost always straw purchase or stolen from a family member. |
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The criminal who used the gun in the crime could be simply protecting the straw purchaser by saying they stole it. I'd like to see how many follow on charges and convictions for more prison time on the "gun theft." otherwise I don't see why a criminal would be incentivized to tell the truth and implicate their girlfriend, aunt, brother, etc. |
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