CNN Breaking Gun Laws?

Sunday, February 20, 2005

By Rob on February 20, 2005 at 01:03 pm

It seems that CNN, in an attempt at exposing the horrible dangers of .50 BMG rifles just committed at least one, and possibly more than one felony. Apparently they purchased a .50 in a private-party transaction from a person in another state. In fact, they might have done it by straw-purchase - that is, they had someone local buy it for them. Those are no-no's. FEDERAL no-no's, unless the purchaser has a Federal Firearms License.

This could be very embarrassing for CNN, especially coming on the heals of the Eason Jordan scandal.

Read the whole thing.

(via Instapundit)

Comments

If i lived in Dakota, you bet your ass i’d own a .50—those suckers are SWEEEET!

Marty on February 20, 2005 at 03:03 pm

Contact the BATF and let them know that you want the criminals at CNN prosecuted. Selective prosecution of the law is illegal. Can you say ‘malfeasance’? And it carries some pretty stiff penalties. Call the BATF and tell them to enforce the law equally, or repeal it. Only applying it to us ordinary citizens won’t fly any more.
Contact information here: CNN:The New Terrorists

Peenie Wallie on February 23, 2005 at 07:03 am

[...] A bunch of gunbloggers are all over a CNN hatchet job on gun owners, in which a CNN reporter seemingly did break the law. (Here, here, here, here, here, here.) There’s a lot of confusion out there about what law(s) were broken; I’ll try to clear it up. [...]

Stop the Bleating!: Law on October 22, 2005 at 02:10 am

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