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Re:Swiss Political System: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know by refurb on Saturday July 18, 2020 @03:56PM (#23884324)
It is a federal law and occasionally they prosecute the most egregious examples, but I've heard from many gun dealers that when they suspect a straw purchase and report it, the ATF follows up maybe 1% of the time.
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Re:Swiss Political System: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know by agensaequivocum on Saturday July 18, 2020 @04:36PM (#23884634)
Or when both parties passed the background check. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abramski_v._United_States
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Re:Swiss Political System: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know by refurb on Saturday July 18, 2020 @07:44PM (#23885765)
Jeeze, they even went after a former police officer? Not saying former cops should get a pass, but you’d think they’d try and make an example out of someone involved in a criminal operation.

The ATF/DOJ loves to make examples out of people even when the case is pretty weak.

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