Democrat Wants To Increase Penalties For Trying To Obtain Gun Illegally

By Tom Knighton

Folks on this side of the gun debate tend to point out that there are already laws on the books to keep guns out of criminal hands, they only need to be enforced. People on the other side tend to ignore that and want to create even new laws that can be ignored.

However, a Democrat in New Jersey is making a proposal that’s probably not going to send gun rights activists into a frenzy. Don’t believe me? I don’t mind, I wouldn’t believe me either.

But it’s true.

You see, he wants to up the penalties for laws already in place.

State Sen. Troy Singleton has introduced two gun bills to increase the punishment of people who either steal guns or illegally solicit someone to purchase a firearm for them.

Singleton, D-7th of Palmyra, introduced the measures Monday, saying they send a message of “zero tolerance” to criminals who attempt to illegally obtain a gun in New Jersey.

His first bill would make it a third-degree crime punishable by between three and five years in prison to solicit another to buy a gun for someone disqualified from possessing or purchasing one.

These types of “straw purchases” are a common tactic of gun traffickers, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms