I don't document and track every single news story I hear or read about. Here's something just as good: why don't you document cases of the NRA supporting DOJ prosecutions of gun trafficking crimes.
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Scott Ritchey <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Andrew, Can you cite an example to support this assertion? > > By the way, in this particular NPR story, the ATF was aggressive but the > Assistant US Attorney didn't want to be bothered prosecuting. > > I pay attention to local criminal activity in Vance Co., NC. Most crime > here is committed by a small number of career criminals. Our local Sheriff > and the city police have had great success getting these guys off the > street > by charging them with Federal gun law violations. These crimes are easy to > prove (e.g. mere possession) and the Federal laws have much bigger teeth > than the state laws for property crimes. > > Scott > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew > Strasfogel > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:30 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Gun Laws vs Enforcement > > There is so much NRA-inspired pressure against the ATF that they are"gun > shy" to prosecute. > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Scott and Gwen Ritchey > <ritche...@aol.com>wrote: > > > > > On Monday's episode of The Story (http://www.thestory.org/) on NPR did a > > show on guns. I found the second segment ( > > <http://www.thestory.org/stories/2013-05/crime-conviction-how-trace-gun> > > From Crime To Conviction: How To Trace A Gun) interesting because former > > ATF > > agents described the difficulty getting the Federal prosecutors to > actually > > prosecute an airtight case. If interested this part starts about 11 > > minutes > > into that second segment. > > > > > > > > > > > > This supports my experience and prejudice: We don't need more laws so > much > > as we need to enforce the many laws already on the books. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
