tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post693674113902608262..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: When The Basic Facts Are Wrong By the Second Paragraph...Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-31065826271447070042012-07-02T21:24:04.254-06:002012-07-02T21:24:04.254-06:00Uh no, it's not true. Strawman purchases (and...Uh no, it's not true. Strawman purchases (and buying guns that are for someone else is definitely such) is a criminal offense--one that gets you ten years in prison PER GUN. Exporting guns without a license is a criminal offense. I pointed this out with references to official government websites. Anyone who bought ten guns for a drug cartel in Mexico could get 100 years in prison. What additional law is needed?Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-34659268612001800022012-07-02T15:13:10.416-06:002012-07-02T15:13:10.416-06:00It's actually true - from the F&F hearings...It's actually true - from the F&F hearings themselves:<br /><br />Multiple law enforcement agents who appeared before the Committee stated that their efforts to combat international drug cartels would be strengthened through the enactment of a federal statute specifically designed to criminalize the trafficking of firearms. Currently, there is no federal statute that specifically prohibits firearms trafficking. Instead, prosecutors attempt to charge traffickers with “paperwork violations,” such as dealing in firearms without a license.<br /><br /><br />Special Agent Carlos Canino, the acting ATF attaché to Mexico, stated during his transcribed interview that there is an “epidemic” of illegal firearms trafficking to Mexico, and a “trafficking statute would be helpful.” He added: “What we want to do is we want to stop otherwise legal guns from getting into an illegal secondary market. You know, we want to stop these guys, violent criminals, from hurting people.”<br /><br /><br />Committee staff also conducted a transcribed interview of William Newell, the former Special Agent-in-Charge of the Phoenix Field Division. He stated: “not having a statute that would address a pattern of activity by a group of individuals that are engaged in some form of diversion of firearms from legal to illegal creates a situation for us where we have to go and look at each individual transaction.”<br /><br /><br />Special Agent Casa reiterated this view during his transcribed interview. He stated: “There is really no trafficking, firearms trafficking statute, per se. It would be nice to have a trafficking statute per se or to enhance some of the penalties on even, on the straw purchasers, just to be a deterrent effect … so we can really hammer these people and just put them in jail.”Mark Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884635115093748420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-55147067776131417242012-06-30T19:50:49.049-06:002012-06-30T19:50:49.049-06:00Thanks for taking a little time to look at that th...Thanks for taking a little time to look at that thing. I just quoted this back at my Liberal friend.Mauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11732614352398473302noreply@blogger.com