The Sting

Bloomberg had private eyes buy guns for felons? Isn’t that illegal, particularly since the mayor of New York and his private surrogates have no jurisdiction in other states? Isn’t that a criminal conspiracy? And doesn’t it violate federal as well as state gun laws?

“Investigators in New York City made illegal gun purchases in five states as part of an undercover investigation,” the Chicago Defender asserted. “Fifteen gun dealers made illegal sales during the two-month long sting.”

"The Sting," my Rights Watch column for the September issue of GUNS Magazine, is now online.