And again, Massachusetts being an infection on the ass of the nation:
A senator from Massachusetts has joined two New York State pols in calling on Instagram to ban gun sellers from touting their weapons online.
Edward Markey, a Democrat, wrote a letter to Instagram Monday urging the popular online social media site to adopt a no-gun policy…. “We need a clear picture of how gun sales are conducted and transacted through Instagram in order to keep dangerous weapons out of the wrong hands and off our streets,” Markey said.
A recent sampling of Instagram pictures online (pictured) by the Daily News turned up hundreds of guns for sale, including assault weapons.
First up this is said by an asshole Senator from Massachusetts where we have NO private sales, all gun sales here are done through the state, and all legal sales must be conducted with an FID or LTC card which is a de-facto background check…and of course we don’t EVER find drug dealers and gang members with guns here!
Further this is a Senator in a nation where we have GCA ’68 which in fact makes it illegal and defines the “Wrong Hands” and forbids them from getting guns.
They may claim they want to strengthen the “Protections” of GCA, but let’s face it, on the enforcement and judicial side, one more law changes nothing!
Because sellers don’t have to register to promote their guns online, it may be possible that firearms sales are occurring via Instagram to minors, by sellers in states that have prohibitions on interstate sales of firearms, or by sellers who are declining to conduct background checks, Markey said.
States that have prohibition on interstate sales? Ummm we’re talking FEDERAL LAW you twit! No such thing, there is NO interstate sale of guns outside of FFLs (with background checks prescribed by law on all gun sales) of long guns only. Further, again minors and “sellers declining background checks” are also crimes. Don’t harass facebook and instagram, send in the cops if there is such a crime scourge going on.
Oh wait, there isn’t.
Also this sounds a lot like “Progressives” speaking out against the 1st Amendment right to publish photographs of otherwise legal items and activities.
Shameful!
