October is a very busy month for me at work. I'm working long hours, and don't have much time on my breaks for typing. Hopefully in a week or two I can go back to more regular posting.
In the meantime, here's a bit of interesting news - a gun store was held liable for illegally selling a gun! It's sad that I'm excited by this, it shouldn't be such a rarity. Anyway, from here:
The store was accused of encouraging an illegal straw purchase of the gun used in the crime. A straw purchase is when a gun is purchased in someone else’s name for another person who legally cannot own a gun.
Eighteen-year-old Julius Burton paid a 21-year-old friend $40 to come with him and buy a gun at the store. Surveillance video from 2009 showed Burton pointing to the Taurus semiautomatic he wanted and said, “That’s the one that I want.”
This was just a couple days after someone commented on my old Take Responsibility For Your Death Machine post. Coincidence?
(Yes. But still neat for me. I hope the 21-year-old faces consequences too.)