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- From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
- Subject: Re: Virginia's proposed gun-a-month law
- Message-ID: <1993Jan29.032335.17592@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
- References: <DLB.93Jan21105936@fanny.wash.inmet.com> <1k62u2INNl6q@clem.handheld.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1993 03:23:35 GMT
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- In article <1k62u2INNl6q@clem.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
- >No, the driver's license is the root cause. A NY resident can drive to any DMV
- >office, fill out a form that states he's moving to Virginia, and then walk out
- >the door in less than an hour with a valid photo Virginia driver's license. He
- >can then use that to go to the nearest gun store, and buy a case of Davis crap,
- >assuming his record is clear enough to pass the instant check, and then drive
- >back to NY. All in a day.
-
- And within that same day, the dealer from whom he bought the guns will
- have reported a multipule gun sale to the BATF (as required by law.)
- If the government is really interested in preventing such smuggling,
- they already have the required information.
-
- Frank Crary
- CU Boulder
-