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Updated: 12:16 AM Mar 14, 2010
Bill Targets the Unlawful Sale of Firearms
New York City has sent out undercover investigators to catch gun dealers violating background check laws. But West Virginia lawmakers want to make it a crime for investigators to conduct such sting operations in West Virginia.
Posted: 12:08 AM Mar 14, 2010Reporter: The Associated Press Email Address: news@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- New York City has sent out undercover investigators to catch gun dealers violating background check laws. But West Virginia lawmakers want to make it a crime for investigators to conduct such sting operations in West Virginia.
The Legislature passed a measure Saturday that targets anyone who tries to entice a firearms dealer or private seller under circumstances that the individual knows is unlawful.
The bill addresses a tactic employed by New York during stings conducted last year at seven guns shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada.
The bill had also proposed allowing felons and others otherwise barred from having guns to possess antique firearms. But the House Judiciary Committee removed that provision, and the Senate agreed to the change Saturday.
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Posted by: Johnny Reb
on Mar 15, 2010 at 08:21 PM
2nd try! WSAZ won't print! Send those Yankees back above the Mason and Dixon. Hope they come on down to southern, WV. We tried to tell you OBAMA and the LEFT WING LIBERALS would try taking your guns/weapons. Just keep voting for Rockefeller and Rahall.
Posted by: Ky
on Mar 15, 2010 at 01:34 PM
I see a lot of Constitutional rights being violated with these tactics. Not only violating the 2nd Ammendment but other Amendments using military or any other law enforcement to harass innocent citizens. Alot of demons out there trying to destroy this country. Let New York stay in New York. Way to go W Va for standing up to these demons.
Posted by: James
on Mar 15, 2010 at 09:57 AM
The question is are these investigators FBI or locals to NY? If they are not tied to the federal government I can see a big problem.
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