Senate panel OKs gun-trafficking bill
By The Associated Press
This article was published March 7, 2013 at 10:28 a.m.
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WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved stiff federal penalties for illegally trafficking guns.
It’s the first vote in Congress to curb firearms since December’s horrific shootings at a Connecticut elementary school.
The bill is sponsored by committee Chairman Patrick Leahy of Vermont. It would create penalties of up to 25 years in prison for people who buy guns for others who use them in a crime.
The vote was 11 to 7, with Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa the only Republican to support it.
The panel is also debating bills requiring federal background checks for nearly all gun purchases; banning assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines; and boosting federal aid for school safety programs.
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Libertarian says... March 7, 2013 at 1:02 p.m.
That's not gun trafficking, that's a straw purchase. Eric Holder's Justice Department engaged in gun trafficking when it let thousands of guns go to Mexican Drug Cartels.
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GrimReaper says... March 7, 2013 at 2:28 p.m.
Hey, Libertarian. Laws are only for the law abiding.......crooks, anywhere, don't obey them!
Interesting that under this legislation, the person committing the crime could serve far less
time than the one who bought the gun. Typical vile Leftist deviousness!
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