Spirit of the Law

Hopefully the courts will go the right way on this one!

The Supreme Court took up a new gun rights case on Wednesday, weighing whether it should be a crime for someone to buy a gun for somebody else, if both people are legally allowed to own one.

Justices on Wednesday heard from Bruce James Abramski, Jr., a former police officer who got in trouble with the law after he bought a Glock 19 handgun in Virginia — and transferred it to his uncle in Pennsylvania.

Abramski bought the gun because he could get a discount, and checked a box on the relevant form saying the gun was for him. But he sold it to his uncle.

Abramski was later indicted under federal law for making a false statement material to the lawfulness of a firearm sale — and for making a false statement with respect to information required to be kept in the records of a license firearm dealer.

But Abramski’s lawyers told the high court that since both he and his uncle were legally allowed to own guns, the law shouldn’t have applied to him.

The Straw-Buyer law needs clarification. Its legal to buy a gun, and later sell it. I had my WASR-10 for only about 6 months before I realized it wasn’t the gun for me, so I sold it. The new owner was also a lawful gun owner, so I don’t see any issues on the paperwork.

In this case, did he technically lie? He did take possession of the gun, only to transfer it at a later date. How small a time is too small?

Further this law ONLY exists to make sure people aren’t buying guns for people who can’t have them. In this case both owners are legal, so where’s the harm?

I’d say the spirit of the law was NOT broken. Let’s hope the courts say that too!

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