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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (336606)5/6/2007 6:44:16 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) of 1578271
 
"The point of all this tracing/tracking is moot anyway as the crime gun is generally a stolen gun."

Is there any data to support this? I really doubt that the government's "instant check" is very effective either. It's probably mostly fearmonging hype with social control in mind, much as a lot of the IRS's bullshit is.

I get the feeling a criminal would be pretty safe walking into a gun shop, giving all his real info, and getting a piece.

The Korean kid had been involuntarily committed, should have been flagged by the Fed check, but wasn't. Did he just "fall through the cracks", or is the system just nonfunctional bullshit? Is anyone looking into it?
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