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Dogman
23rd June 2011, 07:41 AM
Firearms Industry Warns Retailers of Anti-gun Survey

June 21, 2011

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(GunReports.com) -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) is urging extreme caution should retailers decide to participate in a firearms licensee survey being distributed by anti-gun researcher and activist Garen Wintemute and his colleagues at the University of California at Davis.
A letter accompanying the survey, signed by Dr. Wintemute, claims the aim of their research is to better understand "the unique perspective of firearms licensees on important social issues and the firearms business itself."
Dr. Wintemute, who serves as the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis, is perhaps best known for authoring the anti-gun report "Ring of Fire: The Handgun Makers of Southern California." More recently, Dr. Wintemute and his team conducted "undercover operations" of gun shows for their report, "Inside Gun Shows: What Goes on When Everyone Thinks Nobody is Watching."
Given Dr. Wintemute's history, it is clear that this firearms retailer survey will be used as a tool to justify and support legislation to curb the lawful commerce of firearms and the individual rights of law-abiding Americans.
To see what the letter looks like, click here. (http://www.gunreports.com/news/news/FirearmsSurvey_withCoverLetter.php)


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JJ.G0ldD0t
23rd June 2011, 07:48 AM
It would kick ass if that guy didn't receive any responses.

madfranks
23rd June 2011, 08:38 AM
Wow, look at these questions! If I owned a gun shop I'd stay far, far away from answering these! Answering these questions is practically asking for a federal investigation of your store!


"Over the past year, how often did your firearms business have a customer who was trying to do a straw purchase (buy a gun for someone else)?"

"How often does your business have a customer who wants to buy a gun without filling out an ATF 4473 or without having a background check?"

"How often over the past year did your firearms business refuse to complete a sale because of concerns the customer was trying to make an illegal purchase?"

"How often in the past year did your firearms business contact local law enforcement or ATF to report concerns that a customer was trying to make an illegal purchase?"

"In your opinion, what percentage of licensed firearm retailed might be "bad apples" who knowingly participate in illegal gun sales?"

"A retailer might choose to participate in illegal gun sales because..."

willie pete
23rd June 2011, 10:25 AM
Wow, look at these questions! If I owned a gun shop I'd stay far, far away from answering these! Answering these questions is practically asking for a federal investigation of your store!

I wouldn't answer ANY of them....I'd tear it up and throw it away

midnight rambler
25th June 2011, 09:16 AM
Gotta love the term 'illegal gun sales'.

Was there such a thing as 'illegal gun sales' 75 years ago?