18 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1) makes it a federal crime to sell a firearm to a person who is under felony indictment.
And 18 U.S.C. § 922(n) makes it a federal crime for a person under indictment to ship or transport a firearm.
How would I know if someone is under felony indictment? If I sell my gun to my neighbour who is under felony indictment without my knowledge can I be sued?
Ever hear the phrase ‘Background Check’ ?
Stores have to do that. Private sales are a shit show.
Trump commits another federal felony live on national TV to prove that he’s still completely above the law.
The felony is on the seller, according to the statute. As long as Trump doesn’t cross a state line in possession of the gun he’s probably fine. That’s how I read it, anyway.
Well he bought it in the worst Carolina, so I guarantee he’s since crossed a state line. Probably with it loaded in his pants and pointing directly at his crotch.
In case you’re wondering why Trump chose this particular gun store:
A lot of the media has focused on whether Trump actually purchased a gun and violated the law, but less attention has been paid to Trump’s decision to visit Palmetto State Armory, as opposed to any other gun store in South Carolina.
In late August, a white man opened fire in a Dollar General store in a predominantly Black Jacksonville neighborhood, killing three people, all of whom were Black. The shooter, who then killed himself, used a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, at least one of which was painted with a swastika. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said the shooter “hated Black people” and acted alone.
At least one of the guns came from Palmetto State Armory, a store in Summerville, South Carolina. The Jacksonville sheriff’s office shared photos of the firearms used in the attack on its Facebook page. One of the guns is clearly engraved with the Palmetto State Armory logo. The shooter had also drawn swastikas on the gun.
When the Jacksonville shooting happened, Trump did not issue any statement on the tragedy. But you could argue that this campaign stop is a kind of tacit statement. He put the spotlight on Palmetto State Armory, praised its inventory, and tried to offer it business.
Palmetto State Armory has openly embraced far-right ideology. In 2020, it began marketing its products using imagery and language associated with the “boogaloo,” slang for racist violence and even a call for full-on race war. It has also come to mean war to topple the government.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sick-racist-message-behind-why-160041585.htmlThey sell cheap shit, lots of right-wing graphics, and you should use a disposable credit card if you shop with them. They sell a huge amount of firearms though, so I really doubt Trump went there as a nod to the racist shooter. They are just a big-ass, well-known firearms supplier.
Fucking Nazis ruined the Electric Boogaloo 2 meme joke?
Fucking savages.
He has no idea how to hold a pistol does he
Saw a pic of him in a car with his arm out the window, pointing it at the camera, with his finger on the god damn trigger. If that thing was loaded he was a speed bump away from re-enacting the “Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face” scene. What a fucking tool.
And then there would be a press conference afterwards, with Marvin apologizing for getting in the way of the bullet and still supporting not only Trump’s candidacy, but his God given right to discharge firearms anywhere and everywhere.
I mean that basically happened when Cheney shot that guy in the face.
Maybe he plans to kill himself when things get difficult.
I think it’s comical to be concerned about Trump with a gun. This is just a circus.
He’s going to test his fifth avenue hypothesis.
He’s doing it simply because he was told he couldn’t and he knows his base eats up the whole “rebel against the government” schtick. Which is ironic because they’re also, ostensibly, the party of “law and order”, i.e. cop-sucking.
Dude couldn’t maintain eyeball discipline during a solar eclipse.
yeah its exactly like the illegal immigration arguments. sure laws are being broken but come on they are just dumb laws. no biggie. let it go.
You would have a point if the guy didn’t flagrantly and routinely violate the law and have 91 indictments against him right now
So you’re argument for why people charged with felonies should be able to buy guns amounts to whatabout illegal immigration?
If that’s a sound argument we should stop enforcing laws period imo.
that comment was me basically busting balls of the comment I replied to.
my bad, changed my vote
It’s not being concerned about him with a gun, it’s the blatant law breaking out in the open making a mockery of our laws and enforcement
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A spokesman for former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on Monday showing him at a gun shop in South Carolina, declaring that he had just bought a Glock pistol.
The post on X, formerly known as Twitter, included video of Mr. Trump, the front-runner for the Republican Party’s nomination for president who is facing four criminal indictments.
“President Trump buys a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!” his spokesman, Steven Cheung, wrote in his post.
Mr. Trump is under indictment on dozens of felony counts in two different cases related to his efforts to reverse the results of the 2020 election and to his possession of reams of classified documents after he left office.
A salesperson at the Summerville location, who declined to give her name or answer additional questions, said Mr. Trump had not bought a gun.
At the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for instance, officials have increasingly voiced concerns about threats of violence, as Mr. Trump and his allies have targeted the agency.
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“President Trump buys a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!” his spokesman, Steven Cheung, wrote in his post. (on Twitter)
A salesperson at the Summerville location, who declined to give her name or answer additional questions, said Mr. Trump had not bought a gun.
Whaaaaa???!? A Trump lie?!?!?
The most pathetic thing is that people still fall for his bullshit.
