Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,
Gun-hating democrats who demanded a study into the sale of guns online were smacked with a dose of reality. They wasted two years attempting to buy guns illegally on the 'dark web', and the group of Democrats failed every single time.
Senator Elizabeth Warren joined with Senator Brian Schultz, D-Hawaii, and Representative Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to commission the GAO report.
An embarrassing attempt to try to regulate guns further went horribly wrong when Democrats took it upon themselves to try to skirt the law to prove it can be done. Over the course of the two-and-a-half year investigation, agents tried to buy firearms illegally on the “Surface Web” and the “Dark Web,” generally by sharing their status as “prohibited individuals” or trying to buy across state lines.
The NRA described the study as an attempt to replicate the findings of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2015 report, titled “Point, Click, Fire: An investigation of illegal online gun sales,” which found that 62 percent of private sellers were willing to proceed with a sale, even if the prospective purchaser could not pass a background check.
But the GAO revealed that every single one of their 72 attempts outside of the “dark web” were “unsuccessful.” It kind of makes one wonder where Bloomberg got his information and statistics. As if that isn’t bad enough, to humiliate those in power who think of us as less equal than them, the bulk of this rather embarrassing study is being ignored by the mainstream media.
“Private sellers on Surface Web gun forums and in classified ads were unwilling to sell a firearm to our agents that self-identified as being prohibited from possessing a firearm,” the GAO reported, noting that in their “72 attempts … 56 sellers refused to complete a transaction once we revealed that either the shipping address was across state lines or that we were prohibited by law from owning firearms.” In the other cases, the investigators’ website was frozen or they encountered suspected scammers.
On the dark web, GAO agents successfully purchased two guns illegally, as the serial numbers on the weapons were “obliterated” and “shipped across state lines.” But in the attempt to purchase, the GAO agents “did not disclose any information indicating they were prohibited from possessing a firearm.” –Fox News
Based on the findings of this study, the Democrats have no recommendations to report. “GAO’s findings showed nothing so much as that private sellers advertising online are knowledgeable about the law, conscientious, and self-policing,” The National Rifle Association said, adding that online gun sales are “subject to the same federal laws that apply to any other commercial or private gun sales.”
Comments
Democrats are nothing but Jews and their lackeys!
Yet totally ignore the illegal wars killing millions.
Any minute now...
...a vote on the war in Syria as required by the War Powers Act...
...yep...
...any minute.
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
the get-whitey party is good for a laugh a day
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
New Bill...No liberal is allowed to: build a wall around their home, own a gun, or have armed security protect them.
In reply to the get-whitey party is good… by cheka
yes. must take 1 family of syrian refugees for life.
In reply to New Bill...No liberal is… by Shitonya Serfs
For those not aware, gun sales are often allowed between private parties with no check of anything. This would always be within the same state. And in my state there is no obligation to register anything following the sale. I can just imagine some lefty discovering guns sold this way and thinking they have found a huge legal problem.....NOT!!
In reply to yes by ThePhantom
Even the logic was faulty.
Let's suppose they WERE able to break the law and purchase guns across states lines illegally. So what? Because someone is able to break the law in no way supports passing more ineffective laws.
SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED...seems pretty damn clear to me.
In reply to For those not aware, gun… by RAT005
https://www.zerohedge.com/users/shitonya-serfs, nice start. I would add fence, door locks, security cameras, etc.
In reply to Even the logic was faulty… by AnonymousCitizen
I would just like to point out the prog gun-haters chosen venue...internet sales.
It was an attack on both the Second & the First Amendment.
In reply to https://www.zerohedge.com… by RAT005
The above picture of Pocahontas PROVES that Sen. Warren is NO LONGER FIT TO LEAD and MUST NOW RESIGN from her position of U.S. Senator.
Just look at those goo goo eye's, that proves EVERYTHING!
In reply to I would just like to point… by nmewn
I'll add curtains to the list as well. We need transparency you know...
In reply to https://www.zerohedge.com… by RAT005
No, two or three at least.
In reply to yes by ThePhantom
I bet they could find some sellers in 'da hood' willing to take the bait.
That'd be racist though.
In reply to New Bill...No liberal is… by Shitonya Serfs
Da homies in da hood don't take no Bitcoin for dat gat.
These moron politicians couldn't even score a "throwaway" Lorcin .380 if their lives depended on it.
Their respective Secret Service details all carry Sig Sauer P220, so they know they're safe and secure in their isolated, out-of-touch reality.
In reply to I bet they could find some… by Gaius Frakkin'…
Their focus was online sales, not face to face sales.
In reply to Da homies in da hood don't… by serotonindumptruck
Derp a derp.
In reply to Their focus was online sales… by RAT005
Face to face was Fast and Furious. But they got caught running those guns to felons, so they had to stop and try going after online sales.
In reply to Their focus was online sales… by RAT005
There is no amount of evidence or facts that will persuade a liberal from doing what they just FEEL SO STRONGLY THEY ARE RIGHT ABOUT. I really wish we would stop debating these people with facts and evidence and just start locking them away in asylums where they belong.
In reply to New Bill...No liberal is… by Shitonya Serfs
Put a Bill like this on the docket, and see the Libs reciting the Constitution like they're Thomas Jefferson
Not sure why they deserve protection from a document/belief they are trying to destroy.
In reply to There is no amount of… by NoDebt
Dems politicize and criminalize absolutely everything they get their hands on in spite of reality pointing a far different path.
They really do think differently.
Little civility left, if any at all.
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
They are under the control of (and therefore themselves are also) Cultural Marxism - communism western style is what they intend to lead us into. Guns are Good! They help dissuade wanna-be despotic governments.
In reply to Dems politicize and… by knukles
Which is moar proof progs are mentally unstable fucking moonbats.
They've been screaming from the rooftops that Trump is a dictator, a despot, for the better part of one solid year, who is going to round up all leftists and ship them off to work camps (which on the surface isn't such a bad idea...lol) and yet...
...they want to ban gunz?
Marxism is truly a mental disease ;-)
In reply to They are under the control… by Expendable Container
Democrats Humiliate Themselves With Their Own Study On Illegal Online Gun Sales
My response: DEMOCRATS are not the problem. The real problem is the people who voted these people into office in the first place. Truly sad how clueless American voters are when CASTING A VOTE for the candidates they elect into office.
Below is a little wisdom that should be applied when voting for a candidate.
"But select capable men (or women??) from all the people --- people who fear God, trustworthy people who hate dishonest gain."
The above wisdom would disqualify many of the people in Washington DC today which would include all DEMOCRATS.
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
...speaking of uninformed voters....my state, CA, passed by popular initiative prop 63 which makes it more difficult for a law abiding citizen to buy ammo. The problem in CA is that there are just 3 urban centers which control about 70% of all the votes. At the mercy of these urbanites are all those normal folks in CA living in rural areas who happen to like hunting, shooting, and fishing. If you are a normal, white, heterosexual male you are rankly discriminated against by the dems running sacto.
In reply to Democrats Humiliate… by GUS100CORRINA
Yet they had NO problem when Holder stole a guy's FFL to run guns to Mexican Narcos. How do they pick and choose which illegal gun is good and which is bad?
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
There's a pretty easy test. If you will vote Democrat, you get to commit all the crimes you want and get off with a tap on the wrist (not even a slap).
If you'll vote Republican, it's the firing squad for you, immediately, and without a trial.
In reply to Yet they had NO problem when… by Chuck Walla
Nice
In reply to … by hedgeless_horseman
"Democrats Humiliate Themselves"
What's new? The bizarre thing is they regularly humiliate themselves then announce how proud of themselves they are for doing it.
"Yea, us!"
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
An alternative headline might read something along the lines of 'White Gun Owners aren't willing to rick jail time and permanent inability to own guns for a few hundred dollars'. I wouldn't mail one to anyone. I've never sold a gun like this (boating accident) but i know a couple people that have, and they all make the buyer show them a concealed carry permit to buy, that way you don't have to worry about them being a prohibited person. One guy that has sold a couple like that sets the meeting place at a police station parking lot. If the guy won't go there to conduct the transaction, and doesn't have a CCW, no problem, chances are that unless you are selling a very niche market firearm, another buyer that will do those things will be along shortly.
Funny, they could have just talked to a few gun owners or gunbroker.com users and figured all this out. Just another way they really are clueless. This is another example of them starting to believe the lies they spew. They have repeated the lie that you can just buy any gun you want on the internet so many times, they are now surprised to find out it that this isn't actually true.
In reply to "Democrats Humiliate… by Gap Admirer
CCW Permit has nothing to do with buying a gun. It's a permit granted by the State to conceal a weapon on your person.
In reply to An alternative headline… by greenskeeper carl
A concealed carry permit verifies that the buyer has undergone a very stringent background check. Don’t do a personal sale if the buyer can’t produce one or is unwilling to meet at a ffl or police station to do a transfer.
In reply to CCW Permit has nothing to do… by shovelhead
He's probably referring to the fact that CCDW license holders have been properly vetted. The problem with that is, you can have a CCDW card in your wallet and it's been revoked. CCDW license card doesn't mean shit to me when I sell a firearm. If I don't know you personally, it goes through an FFL on a form 4473 period.
In reply to CCW Permit has nothing to do… by shovelhead
I am well aware of the a CCW is and does. And yes, it is possible for a person to have become a prohibited person and still retain the little card. But, I am not REQUIRED to do anything. I can sell a gun to someone where I live just by asking if they are a prohibted person. Sure, they may lie, but thats on them, I'll have done what is required of me by law. Asking to see a CCW is an unrequired extra step that would give me a little piece of mind, and just in case that person does something they shouldn't, I am more covered than I would be otherwise.
In reply to He's probably referring to… by Shpedly
Your not more "covered" in the least. Send to an FFL for a 4473 transfer and then your covered. Anything other than that is not worth the risk.
In reply to I am well aware of the a CCW… by greenskeeper carl
Tyler posted this article at 3:55PM and you posted your brilliant input at 3:56PM.
Your post is stupid, has nothing to do with the article's content, is devoid of wit or humor, and is the type that gives ZeroHedge a reputation for being read by basement-dwelling morons.
Please fuck off.
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
Plenty of evangelical zio-lackies too.
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
??? Guns Jews???
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
JPFO.
In reply to ??? Guns Jews??? by Cry Baby Moe
We know why they really want the population (except criminal gangs) disarmed - look back at history - disarm first, tyranny second...and we're heading straight into that IF and as soon as we disarm. Kangaroo courts for any who dare to resist their talmudic 'utopian' hell realm world: https://wearswar.wordpress.com/2018/01/10/nuremberg-farce-quote-21-the-…
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
totally. pretty much all of the world's problems are of jewish making.
we should just round them all up and put them into guarded camps until we figure out what to do with them.
after that we can take over the world.
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
'their lackies' ..... they're called 'shabez goy'
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
and you are the lackey of dog shit. racist ass
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
Democrats Humiliate Themselves -
They consider this winning.
In reply to Democrats are nothing but… by Megaton Jim
Don't confuse them with the facts, their "minds" are made up.
Fauxahontas Liawatha.....
Squaw Warren.
In reply to Fauxahontas Liawatha..... by Cautiously Pes…
Chief Spreading Bull
In reply to Fauxahontas Liawatha..... by Cautiously Pes…
Fake news nobody buys guns online you go to gun shows for that shit.
GunBroker.com does a pretty good business. And there's at least several other auctions out there.
Ed: Not to mention places like Buds Gun Shop. Online only.
In reply to Fake news nobody buys guns… by NickPeeMe
Best way is to declare yourself as a moderate terrorist against President Assad of Syria. Send your GPS coordinates to Senator McCain and the US Government will airdrop you millions of dollars worth of weapons,,, courtesy of the US taxpayer.
In reply to GunBroker.com does a pretty… by Socratic Dog
Pagination