81 year-old Delaware woman's gun purchase denied
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:23 am
h/t: Instapundit
The purchase shouldn't have been denied because she's too old or because she's a woman. It should have been denied as insufficient caliber for self defense!
more...Delaware State Police stopped Alvina Vansickle from purchasing a .22-caliber pistol for self-defense because she was too old and a woman, said Superintendent Col. Thomas MacLeish.
The outrage that followed led to the revelation that Delaware State Police had been keeping lists of gun buyers for years; state law requires them to destroy these records after 60 days.
The purchase shouldn't have been denied because she's too old or because she's a woman. It should have been denied as insufficient caliber for self defense!