Vermont Gun Control Advocates Prove
VTFSC Position
On January 21st, an article
appeared in the Burlington Free Press entitled "Online Sting: Guns go to wrong people".
The Vermont Federation of
Sportsmen's Clubs holds that while this report attempts to show how easy it is
for prohibited people to get firearms; it instead underscores and proves the Federation's
case for opposing the impending gun control legislation.
Using the gun control
group's numbers, we see that 7 out of 169 subjects were prohibited persons,
and we note that every one of those 7 sales are already prohibited and illegal by
existing Federal law.
This reveals that Vermont gun
control advocates are demanding to close down a currently legal process
that allows sales to 96% percent
of honest citizens, just to try to block the 4% that were unlawful.
No matter what restrictions are
put in place, criminals will always be able to get guns, be it through the use
of "straw man" transactions or the completely illegal black market. This is because they are criminals and
criminals break laws.
The only people who would be
subject to a "sting" if the gun control advocates get their way are
the honest citizens who would be stung by being barred from lawfully
purchasing firearms.
Gun control advocates find that
acceptable, the Vermont Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs and Vermont's large
number of lawful gun owners strenuously object.
