Virginia woman admits buying 31 handguns in two weeks

[Lockout]

The crime was not in the making of the profit. It was not even in the number of guns she bought and sold. The crime was that profit was the motivation for the purchases and sales. Why you buy and sell is what distinguishes the hobbyist from the dealer.

BINGO

 

[jcountry]

The crime was not in the making of the profit. It was not even in the number of guns she bought and sold. The crime was that profit was the motivation for the purchases and sales. Why you buy and sell is what distinguishes the hobbyist from the dealer.

How would they prove intent?

Maybe she was taped stating that she was a dealer. Maybe she said something else stupid. Maybe she sold to out of state residents or known convicted felons.

(There has got to be more to the story than the way a lot of bloggers are portraying it. Buying these guns with "intent" of resale for "profit" is awfully difficult to prove. Inherited guns are by definition 100% profit. If anyone ever intends to sell an inherited collection, they are intending to profit from multiple sales. )

I think she did something really over-the-top to warrant attention. The ATF doesn't go after people like that normally. There is more to this story.

 

[captdave77]

BATF is an arm of The Executive Branch the the head of that branch has an axe to grind. The Summer's Eve traders on here who post ARs an hour after they bought them at Walmart, still in the plastic bag, with factory grease should take note.

 

[captdave77]

How did BATFE know how much she paid and how much she sold?

 

[sovietak474u]

Dummy. She should have gone to a gun buy back instead! Live and learn!

 

[captdave77]

Dummy. She should have gone to a gun buy back instead! Live and learn!

She probably has a file full of BoS.

 

[woodstock]

31 in two weeks, she's just a beginner

 

[sovietak474u]

She probably has a file full of BoS.

hahah! Maybe so.

 

[edzackley]

this is why she was flagged in the first place:

The Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 requires federal firearms licensees (FFLs) to report multiple sales of handguns to the same purchaser [18 U.S.C. § 923(g)(3)]. The sale of two or more handguns must be reported if they occur at the same time, or within five business days of each other. The report must be filed with ATF no later than the close of business on the day the multiple sales or other disposition took place and includes information that identifies the purchaser and the firearms purchased. By law, a copy of this handgun multiple sale report must be provided to designated state or local law enforcement agencies. These reports provide ATF with potential intelligence and almost real-time investigative leads that can indicate illegal firearms trafficking. ATF began requiring the FFLs to report the multiple transactions in 1975. The federal statute that codified the multiple sales of handguns reporting requirement went into effect in 1986.

No similar law exists for other firearms, specifically long-guns, regardless of the caliber, gauge, or suitability for sporting purposes. As a result, individuals can purchase dozens of rifles at one time without ATF being informed of the sale. At the time the multiple sale reporting requirement was debated in Congress, handguns, not rifles, were considered far more likely to be diverted for illicit purposes within the United States.

ATF has long used multiple sales information to detect, investigate and prevent firearms trafficking. ATF views the recovery of one or more firearms that were part of a multiple purchase as an indicator of firearms trafficking, particularly if one of the firearms was recovered a short time after the multiple sale occurred (known as a short time-to-crime).

 

[Mark564]

She must have been taking orders for guns to purchase