GAO Report on ATF Internet Purchase Failure

[Mtwoodson]

INTERNET FIREARM SALES
ATF Enforcement Efforts and Outcomes
of GAO Covert Testing
Report to Congressional Requesters
November 2017 GAO-18-24

The ATF tried to buy firearms from private sellers without a background check. The result was astounding; at least to the ATF. Not so much for law-abiding gun owners.

"All of Our Attempts to Illegally Purchase Firearms from Private Sellers on the Surface Web Were Unsuccessful."

For full details of the GAO report, look up GAO-18-24

Adapted from ARMSLIST, March 1, 2018

 

[CrazySanMan]

Linky:

https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/688535.pdf

Tests performed on the Surface Web demonstrated that private sellers GAO
contacted on gun forums and other classified ads were unwilling to sell a firearm
to an individual who appeared to be prohibited from possessing a firearm. Of the
72 attempts agents made to purchase firearms on the Surface Web, 56 sellers
refused to complete a transaction: 29 sellers stated they would not ship a firearm
and 27 refused after the disclosure of the undercover identities’ stated prohibited
status. Furthermore, in 5 of these 72 attempts, the accounts GAO set up were
frozen by the websites, which prevented the agents from using the forums and
attempting to make a purchase.

 

[Ranchero50]

Funny how that works...

Guess they should have just walked through the hood buying but I doubt that was the point they were trying to make.

 

[thomfantomas]

So many loop holes ya know...so easy to buy guns on the street just as any drug you wish to get high off of.

 

[CrazySanMan]

According to Obama it's easier to buy a gun than a book.

 

[wabbit]

According to Obama it's easier to buy a gun than a book.

Especially if it's his book.

 

[armed_economist]

According to Obama it's easier to buy a gun than a book.

Did he really say that?

 

[cantstop]

Did he really say that?

In context

"As a society, we choose to under-invest in decent schools. We allow poverty to fester so that entire neighborhoods offer no prospect for gainful employment. We refuse to fund drug treatment and mental-health programs. We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."

Barack Obama, remarks at memorial service in Dallas, July 12, 2016

 

[mac1_131]

The gun show loophole is saving lives in Maryland!

 

[CrazySanMan]

Did he really say that?

Obama’s strange claim that it is easier for teens to buy a Glock than get a book
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/07/14/obamas-strange-claim-that-it-is-easier-for-teens-to-buy-a-glock-than-get-a-book/?utm_term=.fc183ed0f105

“We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book.”
–President Obama, remarks at memorial service in Dallas, July 12, 2016

White House Defends Obama’s Claim That It’s Easier to Buy a Gun Than a Book
http://dailysignal.com/2016/07/28/white-house-defends-obamas-claim-that-its-easier-to-buy-a-gun-than-a-book/




Here's another one:
Obama - "It's easier to buy a handgun and clips than it is for you to buy a fresh vegetable"

 

[j_h_smith]

Would you really expect anything but this type of message from Obozo?

 

[krucam]

2 of 7 attempts from the "Dark Web" were successful...hopefully the sellers will be visiting Club Fed soon...