Gun purchase glitch raises questions
Del.'s small-arms advocates shocked over DSP recordkeeping
By LEE WILLIAMS • The News Journal • October 28, 2008
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.
Without so much as a traffic ticket, the 81-year-old Lewes resident should have sailed through the mandatory state police background check when she tried to buy a Taurus revolver from Charlie Steele's Lewes gun shop last August.
Problems started after Steele made the required phone call to state police for approval of the firearms transaction.
An employee in the state police Firearms Transaction Approval Program noticed Vansickle's age and gender, and brought the sale to an immediate halt.
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Del.'s small-arms advocates shocked over DSP recordkeeping
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Del.'s small-arms advocates shocked over DSP recordkeeping
Linkarooni
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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Re: Del.'s small-arms advocates shocked over DSP recordkeeping
ok, i could actually see there being validity to an extra check for a person that age that has NEVER purchased a gun in their life...
my first concern would be that they were purchasing for a relative that wasnt legally able... or were the victim of ID theft...
but a quick phone call should straighten things out. and that is about all it should take...
as for the records problems... no excuse
EDIT: after thinking about it... i really dont like the whole damn thing... again, i can see the justification... but that doesnt make it right.
my first concern would be that they were purchasing for a relative that wasnt legally able... or were the victim of ID theft...
but a quick phone call should straighten things out. and that is about all it should take...
as for the records problems... no excuse
EDIT: after thinking about it... i really dont like the whole damn thing... again, i can see the justification... but that doesnt make it right.
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Re: Del.'s small-arms advocates shocked over DSP recordkeeping
Linkarooni - looks like not everyone is buying their arguments:
Women have same right to own guns as healthy men are given
October 29, 2008
Alvina Vansickle should not have run afoul of common sense and common courtesy when she attempted to purchase a gun for self-protection.
Her outrageous treatment highlights how unfounded prejudicial practices in the application of state laws can be used to interfere with citizens' rights under the Second Amendment.
It also revealed a concealed sexist approach to gun ownership being administered by the state.
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POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad