Gail Geely....no such thing as an "assault rifle"!!! I was in the USMC and LE. I can find no such classification of weapon.

Gail Geely...."walk past an M-16"? Come on! Do you have any idea the paperwork, administrative controls and training for the carry and use of a select fire weapon by a police officer?

And who is advocating M-16 toting, battle dressed guards in our schools? But, then, it works in Israel. We already have LEO/Resource officers.

Frankly, I would call Sandy Hook a terrorist event. It matters not the state of mind. Study of suicide bombers has proven this fact. I suggest reading "Terrorist in Love" by Ken Ballen.

A violent death at the hands of a criminal, is simply horrible, regardless of the age of the victim.

You have to ask yourself, are you going to be the sheep, sheepdog or wolf? And they exist even in societies banning firearms!

Regardless of form factor, a tool of death is simply a tool in the hands of those committed to murder and mayhem.

A lot of confusion in this article. Either not well researched or intentionally misleading.

But, thank you for stating "military style rifles". There is no such thing as an "assault rifle". "Assault" is a verb and is a violent, illegal act in most US jurisdictions. "Rifle" is a noun and a either offensive or defensive tool.

Straw purchases are illegal PERIOD.

Law abiding citizens do not make straw purchases. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

From BATFE:

"Generally, the straw purchaser is used because the actual purchaser is not eligible to conduct a transaction because he or she is a felon or other prohibited person. However, a straw purchase occurs even when the actual purchaser is not a prohibited person. The crime committed is knowingly making a false statement on the Form 4473 indicating that the straw purchaser is the actual purchaser, when this is not the case. Additionally make sure you familiarize yourself and anyone who purchases a firearm as a gift."

WRAL... never letting facts get in the way of a good story!

Another little item your reporter got wrong. In NC it is not necessary to go through an FFL to purchase a handgun. What you must have is either a permit to purchase or a concealed carry permit. That's what's needed to purchase a handgun from either an individual or a business.

Wakewiseone- never let facts get in the way of a good story.

"In North Carolina, those who want to buy an military-style automatic rifle can do so without going through a criminal background check. "

in the interest of accuracy in media reporting, i offer the following response.

the ABOVE statement on procuring an automatic weapon is INCORRECT. "It has been unlawful since 1934 (The National Firearms Act) for civilians to own machine guns without special permission from the U.S. Treasury Department."

i am a law abiding gun owner. so i do take exception to your statement on how easy it is to obtain an "automatic" weapon. that is not so.

you might want to make a correction to that as it does mislead the reading public on one of the more important facets of firearms.

Of important note, it is WAY easier to grow drugs than to manufacture modern guns.bill0

Please elaborate on growing drugs being easier. I know lots of tool and die and machinists who can kill a tomato plant by looking at it, but would get very excited about constructing a firearm because it is their wheelhouse. I think there's only one drug grown around here. It is legal in some states. The rest of the drugs need a different climate. If we already have laws controlling these aspects of gun sales, we don't need more laws to bend or break. We need enforcement of the laws we already have.

As one sided as WRAL is i would'nt beleive what they write

Instead of making lawful people prove they are able to buy guns, identify those that can't. Put it on the drivers lic., like corrected vision restriction. Want to buy a gun? Show you diver lic. No restriction, you are good to go. All the reasons that you can not buy a gun legally can be linked to the DMV.

Armslist.com does not get involved in transactions. It is simply a classified as site and if you respond to an ad you are dealing with the individual who placed the ad , so the AK 47 deal was not reported correctly.

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