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**Bromymbollile** · 03-28-2011, 07:16 PM

The weapons are already legal.

What is illegal is selling them to an ineligible person. In this case there was all kinds of evidence that the guns being purchased were going to be used by someone other than the purchaser. That's illegal. Beyond that, there was reason to believe that the guns were going to be used by people who intended to use them for criminal activity. That's not only illegal but is also flat out stupid. On top of THAT it appears that this illegal activity was being conducted with the intent to manufacture evidence to support a political goal of restricting private ownership of semi-automatic weapons. That is tyranny.

I think this 'sting' was a terrible idea as explained above. That said, what you're saying here is typical for any kind of 'sting' operation, e.g., drugs, money laundering, guns with controlled coverage unlike here, etc. It is also legal for law enforcement to conduct 'sting' operations and it's not considered to be engaging or tolerating criminal activity. For example, a cop is not deemed to be a drug dealer who violated drug laws just because he sold some dope to a distributor as part of a 'sting.'

03-28-2011, 07:16 PM	#19
Bromymbollile Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 529 Senior Member	The weapons are already legal. What is illegal is selling them to an ineligible person. In this case there was all kinds of evidence that the guns being purchased were going to be used by someone other than the purchaser. That's illegal. Beyond that, there was reason to believe that the guns were going to be used by people who intended to use them for criminal activity. That's not only illegal but is also flat out stupid. On top of THAT it appears that this illegal activity was being conducted with the intent to manufacture evidence to support a political goal of restricting private ownership of semi-automatic weapons. That is tyranny. I think this 'sting' was a terrible idea as explained above. That said, what you're saying here is typical for any kind of 'sting' operation, e.g., drugs, money laundering, guns with controlled coverage unlike here, etc. It is also legal for law enforcement to conduct 'sting' operations and it's not considered to be engaging or tolerating criminal activity. For example, a cop is not deemed to be a drug dealer who violated drug laws just because he sold some dope to a distributor as part of a 'sting.'
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