A new kind of gun loophole!
Posted: 2002-12-15 07:33pm
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National Campaign Launches Website to Persuade Newspapers to Stop Taking Classified Ads for Guns From Unlicensed Sellers
Saturday December 14, 5:07 pm ET
You've Heard of the Gun Show Loophole: What About the Newspaper Gun Ad Loophole?
CHICAGO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Do American newspapers allow the unregulated sales of guns through classified advertising? You bet. That is why the National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Gun Loophole launched http://www.gunloophole.com on December 14th.
"Most Americans don't know that criminals, the mentally ill, and even terrorists can easily buy guns through newspaper classifieds," according to John Johnson, chair of the national campaign. "Our website explains this threat to public safety and what can be done about it. Newspapers can play a role in reducing gun violence by simply not permitting the sale of guns between unchecked parties through classified ads."
As a result of the campaign, just a year old, major newspapers have stopped accepting classified advertising for gun sales, including the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Denver Post, and Rocky Mountain News. The Denver newspapers just recently announced their decision to not take classified ads for firearms on Dec. 1, 2002. The two Tucson, Arizona newspapers -- Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen -- adopted a policy of refusing classified ads for gun sales in early 2001.
The Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy article on the newspaper loophole in its Oct. 17, 2002 edition, "Gun Opponents Set Their Sights on Classifieds." The newspaper loophole has also been highlighted in segments on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and NBC's Today Show. Other media throughout the country have covered the campaign.
The National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Gun Loophole currently consists of 26 gun violence prevention organizations in 16 states. The participating organizations are working to close the newspaper loophole in their respective states by asking newspapers that take classified ads for firearms to voluntarily stop taking such ads in order to protect public safety. [Iowans for the Prevention of Gun Violence is participating in the campaign.]
What is the Newspaper Gun Loophole?
Under the Brady Law, federally licensed gun dealers are required to conduct criminal background checks on all buyers and keep records of their transactions. However, unlicensed individuals who sell firearms from a "personal collection" are not required to conduct background checks. In the gun business, firearm sales by unlicensed sellers are called "secondary sales."
An estimated 40 percent of all firearm transfers occur the secondary market. Sources of secondary sales include gun shows, flea markets, estate sales, firearm sales over the Internet, and firearm sales through classified ads in newspapers.
"We call the sale of firearms through classified ads in newspapers the newspaper loophole," said John Johnson, spokesperson for the National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Loophole. "And just like the gun show loophole, the newspaper loophole allows felons, domestic abusers, minors, and other persons prohibited by law from possessing firearms, to buy guns without a background check or record of sale. This puts all Americans at increased risk of gun violence."
Campaign Website launched on December 16.
The website (http://www.gunloophole.com) contains general background information on the newspaper gun loophole, a list of organizations participating in the Campaign, and a partial list of newspapers in 16 states that currently do not take classified ads for firearms from unlicensed sellers. The Campaign plans to expand this list to all 50 states in the near future.
The website also details the shooting incident involving white supremacist Benjamin Smith. In June of 1999, Smith attempted to purchase two handguns and a shotgun from a federally licensed gun dealer in Peoria Heights, Illinois. The purchase was denied when a background check revealed that Smith was subject to a court restraining order for domestic violence.
Three days later, Smith bought two handguns from Donald Fiessinger of Pekin, Illinois from a classified ad Smith saw in the Peoria Journal Star newspaper. Over the following July Fourth weekend, Smith went on a shooting spree that targeted African Americans, Jews, and Asians, killing two and wounding nine. The spree ended when Smith committed suicide following a police chase after his car was spotted in southern Illinois.
The Website also includes:
* an open letter to newspaper publishers,
* comments from newspaper people regarding the newspaper loophole, and
* suggestions on what concerned individuals can do to help close the
newspaper loophole in their area.
"Closing the newspaper loophole is easy," John Johnson, an Iowa activist who founded the campaign, said. "It doesn't take an act of Congress. All it takes is a management decision that can be implemented with a simple memo that says, 'as of today this newspaper will no longer accept classified ads for firearms from unlicensed sellers.'"
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What a steaming pile of bollocks. Sales over the internet HAVE to
go through an FFL, unless they live in the same state, then
nothing is shipped, its a face to face.
Next on the list is the National Private Individual Sales Loop Hole.
Welcome to AmeriKKKa.
National Campaign Launches Website to Persuade Newspapers to Stop Taking Classified Ads for Guns From Unlicensed Sellers
Saturday December 14, 5:07 pm ET
You've Heard of the Gun Show Loophole: What About the Newspaper Gun Ad Loophole?
CHICAGO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Do American newspapers allow the unregulated sales of guns through classified advertising? You bet. That is why the National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Gun Loophole launched http://www.gunloophole.com on December 14th.
"Most Americans don't know that criminals, the mentally ill, and even terrorists can easily buy guns through newspaper classifieds," according to John Johnson, chair of the national campaign. "Our website explains this threat to public safety and what can be done about it. Newspapers can play a role in reducing gun violence by simply not permitting the sale of guns between unchecked parties through classified ads."
As a result of the campaign, just a year old, major newspapers have stopped accepting classified advertising for gun sales, including the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Denver Post, and Rocky Mountain News. The Denver newspapers just recently announced their decision to not take classified ads for firearms on Dec. 1, 2002. The two Tucson, Arizona newspapers -- Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen -- adopted a policy of refusing classified ads for gun sales in early 2001.
The Wall Street Journal ran a lengthy article on the newspaper loophole in its Oct. 17, 2002 edition, "Gun Opponents Set Their Sights on Classifieds." The newspaper loophole has also been highlighted in segments on the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and NBC's Today Show. Other media throughout the country have covered the campaign.
The National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Gun Loophole currently consists of 26 gun violence prevention organizations in 16 states. The participating organizations are working to close the newspaper loophole in their respective states by asking newspapers that take classified ads for firearms to voluntarily stop taking such ads in order to protect public safety. [Iowans for the Prevention of Gun Violence is participating in the campaign.]
What is the Newspaper Gun Loophole?
Under the Brady Law, federally licensed gun dealers are required to conduct criminal background checks on all buyers and keep records of their transactions. However, unlicensed individuals who sell firearms from a "personal collection" are not required to conduct background checks. In the gun business, firearm sales by unlicensed sellers are called "secondary sales."
An estimated 40 percent of all firearm transfers occur the secondary market. Sources of secondary sales include gun shows, flea markets, estate sales, firearm sales over the Internet, and firearm sales through classified ads in newspapers.
"We call the sale of firearms through classified ads in newspapers the newspaper loophole," said John Johnson, spokesperson for the National Campaign to Close the Newspaper Loophole. "And just like the gun show loophole, the newspaper loophole allows felons, domestic abusers, minors, and other persons prohibited by law from possessing firearms, to buy guns without a background check or record of sale. This puts all Americans at increased risk of gun violence."
Campaign Website launched on December 16.
The website (http://www.gunloophole.com) contains general background information on the newspaper gun loophole, a list of organizations participating in the Campaign, and a partial list of newspapers in 16 states that currently do not take classified ads for firearms from unlicensed sellers. The Campaign plans to expand this list to all 50 states in the near future.
The website also details the shooting incident involving white supremacist Benjamin Smith. In June of 1999, Smith attempted to purchase two handguns and a shotgun from a federally licensed gun dealer in Peoria Heights, Illinois. The purchase was denied when a background check revealed that Smith was subject to a court restraining order for domestic violence.
Three days later, Smith bought two handguns from Donald Fiessinger of Pekin, Illinois from a classified ad Smith saw in the Peoria Journal Star newspaper. Over the following July Fourth weekend, Smith went on a shooting spree that targeted African Americans, Jews, and Asians, killing two and wounding nine. The spree ended when Smith committed suicide following a police chase after his car was spotted in southern Illinois.
The Website also includes:
* an open letter to newspaper publishers,
* comments from newspaper people regarding the newspaper loophole, and
* suggestions on what concerned individuals can do to help close the
newspaper loophole in their area.
"Closing the newspaper loophole is easy," John Johnson, an Iowa activist who founded the campaign, said. "It doesn't take an act of Congress. All it takes is a management decision that can be implemented with a simple memo that says, 'as of today this newspaper will no longer accept classified ads for firearms from unlicensed sellers.'"
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What a steaming pile of bollocks. Sales over the internet HAVE to
go through an FFL, unless they live in the same state, then
nothing is shipped, its a face to face.
Next on the list is the National Private Individual Sales Loop Hole.
Welcome to AmeriKKKa.