NYC sues gun dealers in other states

[MarineHawk]

Originally Posted by PARAGON

So, it's not tragic that the city of New York hire a private firm to investigate gun sales by stores in other states. To then further build a case to sue those dealers based on that gathering of evidence which may or may not be very clean.

Not to mention, the point of it being to "stop the flow of guns into the city" but to base it on a single orchestrated gun purchase is ludicrous.

I'm sorry but it's too stupid to think that straw purchases occur in the manner portrayed. I realize that criminals have a tendancy to be really dumb but all he has to do is go in pick out the gun and then send in the buyer and the shop owner is unaware. Prosecute the original purchaser and make it a felony, don't make the gun shop owner place judgement on the straw purchase when it's not so cut and dry.

I agree with most of your general sentiments, and as I said, "Maybe I'm missing something." Generally, the fact that a state investigates through it's own means activities in another state that affect it doesn't bother me. If there were drug dealers in Oklahoma selling drugs to guys who were bringing them into Kansas, Kansas would, IMO, be free to investigate if they thought OK and the feds weren't doing enough.
I agree that, where the straw purchases aren't clear cut, no action should be taken. But when a guys says "I want to buy this gun"; another guys then comes in and submits himself to the background check; the first guy then pays for the gun; AND there's a law against that; AND the dealer saw all of this and sold the gun anyway - I have a hard time feeling sorry for the dealer. He's just asking for trouble.