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Let me shed some light on some things. Under Arizona law private citizens may sell their firearms to another private party (face to face sale) as long as they do not have reason to believe that the person is a prohibited person.
This includes gun shows. The only people required to conduct background checks at gun shows are licensed dealers. There is no such thing as an unlicensed dealer- that is Bloombergs feeble way of cracking at private sales.
Arizona law makes no mention of selling a firearm to someone out of state. That's because federal law already spells it out. You cannot purchase a handgun out of state unless the transaction is conducted through a licensed dealer. Long guns can be purchased out of state but as far as I am aware they must be conducted through a dealer as well. Some states do not allow this though such as California and Idaho.
If you look at the videos on their website the sellers asked for an Arizona ID and both times it was presented (at least according to their video).
The questions that need to be asked is whether or not they obtained Arizona ID's fraudulently.
Did they use local people to facilitate the sale?
Did they in fact violate federal law by conducting a straw purchase?
In the past the BATFE had told Bloomberg not to do such stuff. Now is someone going to do something or will he and his morons get a free pass?
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