2aguy
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This is why we have a gun problem...here you have an actual gun criminal...who buys a gun for someone who can't own the gun......knowingly......and the thug uses the gun to murder a cop...and the woman who bought the gun legally and gave it to her thug boyfriend.....gets probation......
This should be a 10 year offense.....
Straw purchaser who bought gun used by Omaha cop killer gets probation
Jalita Johnson, 26, bought the Glock semi-automatic handgun, along with a 50-round drum magazine and ammunition from a Jonesboro, Georgia, pawnshop in April.
Johnson lied on the corresponding paperwork at the time of the purchase, answering “yes” when asked if she was the actual buyer of the gun and not purchasing the gun for another individual.
Prosecutors, however, ascertain that Johnson’s boyfriend, Marcus Wheeler – a 26-year-old convicted felon and known gang member prohibited from making the purchase himself – gave her the money for the gun and told her exactly what to buy.
The following month, on May 20, Omaha officers were in pursuit of Wheeler, who was wanted in connection with another shooting, when an exchange of gunfire erupted. Wheeler fired a total of nine rounds, one of which struck Orozco right above her bullet-proof vest. Wheeler was subsequently shot and killed by Sgt. Jeff Kopietz during the continued pursuit. Orozco, who at the time was working her last shift before taking a deferred maternity leave days after her premature baby was released from medical care, was rushed to the hospital, but efforts to save her were unsuccessful.
Related: Residents show overwhelming support as Omaha officer is laid to rest
In August, Johnson, who initially said someone who lived with her took the gun but later admitted she bought it for Wheeler, pleaded guilty to providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer when she purchased the gun. In addition to a year of probation, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ordered Johnson to 40 hours of community service and 180 days of house arrest.
This is how criminals get guns......so even if there had been a universal background check, this felon would still have gotten the gun......and the gun store would not have been able to stop the purchase because she passed the background check.
And if you made her get a license to own the gun.....her felon/gang banger boyfriend would still get the gun...
If you forced her to register the gun....her felon/gang banger boyfriend would still have gotten the gun....
Background checks, licensing gun owners and registering guns do not stop any criminals from getting guns........
This should be a 10 year offense.....
Straw purchaser who bought gun used by Omaha cop killer gets probation
Jalita Johnson, 26, bought the Glock semi-automatic handgun, along with a 50-round drum magazine and ammunition from a Jonesboro, Georgia, pawnshop in April.
Johnson lied on the corresponding paperwork at the time of the purchase, answering “yes” when asked if she was the actual buyer of the gun and not purchasing the gun for another individual.
Prosecutors, however, ascertain that Johnson’s boyfriend, Marcus Wheeler – a 26-year-old convicted felon and known gang member prohibited from making the purchase himself – gave her the money for the gun and told her exactly what to buy.
The following month, on May 20, Omaha officers were in pursuit of Wheeler, who was wanted in connection with another shooting, when an exchange of gunfire erupted. Wheeler fired a total of nine rounds, one of which struck Orozco right above her bullet-proof vest. Wheeler was subsequently shot and killed by Sgt. Jeff Kopietz during the continued pursuit. Orozco, who at the time was working her last shift before taking a deferred maternity leave days after her premature baby was released from medical care, was rushed to the hospital, but efforts to save her were unsuccessful.
Related: Residents show overwhelming support as Omaha officer is laid to rest
In August, Johnson, who initially said someone who lived with her took the gun but later admitted she bought it for Wheeler, pleaded guilty to providing false information to a federally licensed firearms dealer when she purchased the gun. In addition to a year of probation, U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ordered Johnson to 40 hours of community service and 180 days of house arrest.
This is how criminals get guns......so even if there had been a universal background check, this felon would still have gotten the gun......and the gun store would not have been able to stop the purchase because she passed the background check.
And if you made her get a license to own the gun.....her felon/gang banger boyfriend would still get the gun...
If you forced her to register the gun....her felon/gang banger boyfriend would still have gotten the gun....
Background checks, licensing gun owners and registering guns do not stop any criminals from getting guns........
