Second Amendment may invalidate ban on opening new gun stores in a California county

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20. How can anyone suggest that gun stores are a regular source of illegal guns???

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"But so many don't do the background checks That's how so many of the guns on the streets get there."

That statement alone is proof that the antis just seem to pull their arguments out of all kinds of unmentionable orifices.

For a gun store, the penalty for not complying with ATF regulations is a complete loss of the business.

There was a very wonderful gun store in my area which was closed by the ATF - and the entire contents of the store auctioned off, for....

Running background checks, but by an unauthorized person doing the checks.

Apparently the owner's husband was running the counter while the owner took breaks to go upstairs (the store was on the main floor of a multi-story house) and that resulted in complete closure of the business.

According to an agreement with the ATF in 2007, Hadley Fitzpatrick wasn’t allowed to buy or sell firearms at Lyn’s Leisure Tyme, Sharpe said. The couple complied for a time, he said, but authorities later received information that Hadley Fitzpatrick again was buying and selling guns.

Gun stores can and do make mistakes, and can and do violate laws. But the penalty is complete loss of the business.