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Originally Posted by Dozer523
on the news was a spot about a mega- church leader who has found it in his heart to forgive the guy who sold his son an unregistered gun over the Internet.
His son used it to commit suicide.
I don't care it was unregistered, I'm not in favor of registration. But a transfer conducted by a licensed dealer including a background check might have revealed the ministers son to be a bit unbalanced. And the transfer could have been delayed. Maybe that the son was buying a gun would have come as a red flag to someone. I don't know. just wondering, bring it. Sigh.
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I have a few questions:
1) What was the age of the son? To legally buy a rifle or shotgun, one must be 18; to buy a handgun one must be 21. So if it was a legal sale, the "kid" was in fact a legal adult (at least 18 if the gun he bought was a rifle, older if it was a pistol).
2) Was the seller a resident of the same state as the son? Did the sale take place face-to-face? Unless the sale was a face-to-face private sale between residents of the same state, then a background check would be required for the sale to be legal.
3) Had the son at any time been found legally disqualified to own a gun by a mental health professional? Unless this was true, his name would not trigger any alerts during a federal background check that would delay or prevent the sale.