Posted May 26, 2018 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

When gun control advocates start talking about the need to find laws that keep guns out of criminals hands, but supposedly not interfere with the law-abiding’s ability to buy firearms, I can’t help but laugh. It’s a joke. Anyone with half a brain knows that any new laws that they push through will interfere with the law-abiding’s ability to buy guns.

But the kicker? None of them will actually stop criminals from getting guns.

Take this example from Chicago.

A Chicago gang member faces federal charges for trafficking guns bought off Armslist hundreds of miles away into the city, prosecutors announced last week.

Jaiqail Wright allegedly brokered dozens of deals between fellow members of the Conservative Vice Lords street gang and his associates, John Phillips and Christopher Henderson, over Facebook throughout 2016 and 2017, court records show. All three men, aged 23, face up to five years in prison for dealing firearms without a license. Phillips, a twice-convicted felon, faces additional charges for illegal possession of a gun.

Federal prosecutors said Henderson — using a fake Kentucky driver’s license bearing the name Chris Hendridge — bought up to 90 firearms from private sellers in Kentucky listed on Armslist.com. Cell …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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