Posted by: Motorcharge
SCOTUS: Law-Abiding Citizen Cannot Buy a Gun for Another Law-Abiding Citizen - 06/24/14 05:00 PM
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Justice Elena Kagan wrote the majority opinion and Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent.
As Breitbart News reported on January 25, the case centered on whether a law-abiding citizen could buy a gun he or she planned to sell to another law-abiding citizen. It arose when former police officer Bruce James Abramski purchased a Glock handgun so he could get a discounted law enforcement price, then "transferred the gun to his uncle in Pennsylvania."
According to ABC News, Kagan wrote that "the federal government's elaborate system of background checks and record-keeping requirements help law enforcement investigate crimes by tracing guns to their buyers." She said this is undercut if a person can buy a gun for another person.
Scalia countered by writing that the language Congress used in fashioning background checks "does not support making it a crime for one lawful gun owner to buy a gun for another lawful gun owner."
As Breitbart News reported on January 25, the case centered on whether a law-abiding citizen could buy a gun he or she planned to sell to another law-abiding citizen. It arose when former police officer Bruce James Abramski purchased a Glock handgun so he could get a discounted law enforcement price, then "transferred the gun to his uncle in Pennsylvania."
According to ABC News, Kagan wrote that "the federal government's elaborate system of background checks and record-keeping requirements help law enforcement investigate crimes by tracing guns to their buyers." She said this is undercut if a person can buy a gun for another person.
Scalia countered by writing that the language Congress used in fashioning background checks "does not support making it a crime for one lawful gun owner to buy a gun for another lawful gun owner."
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/...Abiding-Citizen
Alright I know this isn't an upcoming VA bill but I figured it's something people should be aware of because I doubt it will take McAuliffe and his ilk long before they try to twist this ruling against individual private sales in our state. What constitutes buying for someone else and how long must I own my firearm before selling it to another individual legally under VA law before I'm violating the precedent set in this ruling? This is one hell of a slippery slope to go down and this might be one of the worst anti-gun SCOTUS rulings in decades.