Here is a link to a screenshot of the article (so you don't give traffic to MotherJones)
http://i.imgur.com/RqfUbzO.jpg
The Mother Jones hate machine strikes again!!
http://www.reddit.com/r/Gunsforsale/comments/1uqz5c/in_case_you_hadnt_seen_it/
Unsurprisingly the comments seem to indicate the article has just driver more users to the site
ETA: Counter piece to the MJ article: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/01/foghorn/truth-gun-sales-reddit/
http://i.imgur.com/RqfUbzO.jpg
The Mother Jones hate machine strikes again!!
Since 2011, part of the popular online forum Reddit has grown into an active marketplace for assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, and other powerful firearms, according to an investigation by Mother Jones. In the last six months alone there have been more than 1,000 listings posted by more than 400 Redditors on the GunsForSale subreddit, one of thousands of niche communities on the sprawling discussion site. Not only has Reddit allowed a gun market to thrive, it has also literally put its stamp on it: Gun purchases brokered through the site have included nearly 100 AR-15s engraved with Reddit's alien logo, which was used on the assault rifles with explicit permission from the company—while it was owned by media giant Condé Nast—according to email correspondence obtained by Mother Jones.
Oh no! A loophole?!?!Instructions posted by the moderators of the GunsForSale subreddit warn users to comply with federal and state laws, and many sellers on the site say that they transfer guns through FFLs, which conduct background checks on buyers. But some user comments suggest that sellers may be exploiting a loophole in federal law to traffic firearms—including talk of licensed dealers selling guns without conducting background checks, which in some circumstances would be illegal.
In theory, a federally licensed dealer could sell a firearm from his personal collection without conducting a background check, just like any other private citizen subject to state law, says David Chipman, who served for 25 years as a special agent in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. But it would be illegal, Chipman warns, for a licensed dealer to sell any guns from his business inventory without a background check.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Gunsforsale/comments/1uqz5c/in_case_you_hadnt_seen_it/
Unsurprisingly the comments seem to indicate the article has just driver more users to the site
ETA: Counter piece to the MJ article: http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/01/foghorn/truth-gun-sales-reddit/
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