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COLUMBIA, S.C. – A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to buying guns for an acquaintance who shot seven people to death, admitting he made the purchases despite knowing that the killer had a previous felony conviction and couldn't legally have the weapons.
Dustan Lawson could face hundreds of years in prison when he is sentenced at a later date. Each of the 36 weapons charges to which he pleaded guilty on Wednesday carry up to 10 years in prison. But his actual sentence will likely be far less.
Lawson admitted buying at least 12 guns and five silencers from 2012 to 2016, saying they were for himself when he was actually giving them to Todd Kohlhepp.
Kohlhepp, 47, killed four people in a Spartanburg County motorcycle shop in 2002 and three more people on his property 13 years later. They were all shot.
originally posted by: wheresthebody
So the known felon should have been allowed to buy the guns himself?
originally posted by: wheresthebody
a reply to: Krakatoa
What could have been done to avoid this situation in the first place?
Kohlhepp was barred from having guns because he was a convicted felon. He moved to South Carolina in 2001 after spending 14 years in prison for kidnapping in Arizona. Authorities there said that the then-15-year-old forced a 14-year-old neighbor back to his home at gunpoint, tied her up and raped her.
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
Yeah, sure you could remain totally ignorant and look at it like that...
Or you could just accept reality and realize that basically every single first world country (other than the US) on earth, have laws in place, which wouldn't have allowed this POS straw purchaser to buy the guns for someone else in the first place.
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: skunkape23
no, you cant buy silencers like that, it takez a full year of background checks and a living trust on your weapons...
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: Krakatoa
fair enough, but laws and gun control dont control criminals
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
Yeah, sure you could remain totally ignorant and look at it like that...
Or you could just accept reality and realize that basically every single first world country (other than the US) on earth, have laws in place, which wouldn't have allowed this POS straw purchaser to buy the guns for someone else in the first place.
Please, enlighten us and list these laws of which you speak.
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
Yeah, sure you could remain totally ignorant and look at it like that...
Or you could just accept reality and realize that basically every single first world country (other than the US) on earth, have laws in place, which wouldn't have allowed this POS straw purchaser to buy the guns for someone else in the first place.
Please, enlighten us and list these laws of which you speak.
Any gun purchased needs to be documented and registered to the "lawful gun owner"... Which essentially makes strawman purchases impossible.
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
Yeah, sure you could remain totally ignorant and look at it like that...
Or you could just accept reality and realize that basically every single first world country (other than the US) on earth, have laws in place, which wouldn't have allowed this POS straw purchaser to buy the guns for someone else in the first place.
Please, enlighten us and list these laws of which you speak.
Any gun purchased needs to be documented and registered to the "lawful gun owner"... Which essentially makes strawman purchases impossible.
HAHAHAAHA.... SERIOUSLY??? You actually believe that?
What does a registry do? Magically stop someone from ignoring the law and selling it to someone anyways?
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
originally posted by: Krakatoa
originally posted by: Subaeruginosa
a reply to: Krakatoa
So, it seems that in yet another case we have someone who doesn't give a crap about the existing gun control laws, blatantly ignoring them by making a strawman purchase for a known felon.
Yeah, sure you could remain totally ignorant and look at it like that...
Or you could just accept reality and realize that basically every single first world country (other than the US) on earth, have laws in place, which wouldn't have allowed this POS straw purchaser to buy the guns for someone else in the first place.
Please, enlighten us and list these laws of which you speak.
Any gun purchased needs to be documented and registered to the "lawful gun owner"... Which essentially makes strawman purchases impossible.
HAHAHAAHA.... SERIOUSLY??? You actually believe that?
What does a registry do? Magically stop someone from ignoring the law and selling it to someone anyways?
They could report it stolen the first time... But that excuse quickly would grow old.
Kinda like burning your house down for the insurance money... It may work the first time... But your really playing with fire, if you try doing it a second time... lol.