Monday, October 25, 2010

The Hidden Life of Grant Whores

So, if we follow the money, where does it lead? [More]

Where do you think?
Posted by David Codrea at 10/25/2010 12:17:00 PM

2 comments:

Kerodin said...

The blog links to a WashPo story scolding Realco Guns in Maryland as being a major provider of "Crime Guns".

Realco is located in PG County, just a mile or two from the DC line. This is a roughneck area. It is also one of the only gun shops in the entire area.

Does it not make sense that a percentage of the guns purchased from a store in a bad area will find their way into bad hands?

Does anyone doubt for a moment that if ATF had a beef with the way Realco was doing business, that they would have shut them down years ago? Just FYI: Realco is (or at least was) a Class III dealer, so we all know the oversight from ATF is strict.

Bad people do bad things.

But what WashPo failed to research...how many firearms sold by Realco during their 18 years of business were used by good Citizens to protect home, hearth and health? How many local residents owe their lives to guns purchased from Realco?

I would bet dollars to doughnuts that number is much, much higher than the number of "crime guns".

There are enough true villians in the world, WashPo and their Liberal audience need not try to make more villians of gun merchants.

Sam
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10/25/2010 12:53 PM
Anonymous said...

FWIW, I sent to this to the Post's LTE e-mail addy:

I just read your first article concerning the Hidden Life of Guns. If I may be so bold as to summarize:

1) Certain gun stores have higher incidences of so-called "crime guns" that are traced back to them.
2) The number one store mentioned, Realco, has been subject to numerous inspections over the years, every one of which revealed that Realco has scrupulously complied with the law, and that most "crime guns" traced back to the store have therefor been the result of illegal "straw purchases", of which Realco had no knowledge when the original purchase was made.
3)The guns are traced back when a person who is legally barred from having a weapon is in fact found to be in possession of such a weapon.

So basically you've spent the last year putting together an investigative series demonstrating that Realco operates in an area where the local citizenry goes out of its way to circumvent or outright subvert the law. You are then shocked and amazed that people willing to break the law to purchase a weapon that they are legally barred from owning further break the law by using the weapon to murder, maim, or intimidate (which, I believe are also illegal).

Good work folks!

I doubt it will ever see ink on their pages, but what the hell...

10/25/2010 10:18 PM

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