Date Posted:22:54:57 08/21/06 Mon Author: JOBEE Subject: Could you sue In reply to:
JOBEE
's message, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN" on 17:57:43 08/21/06 Mon
>> I use ( 4 ) ???? the rest of the ?"s are just posers
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>>>>Board Motions
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>>>>In the last several weeks residents of Los Angeles
>>>>County have been shot to death while riding an MTA
>>>>bus; changing a tire by the side of the road;
>>>>operating a silent movie theatre; and while
>enforcing
>>>>the law. These are just a few highly publicized
>>>>examples of the epidemic of gun violence besieging
>>our
>>>>communities. This epidemic manifests itself not only
>>>>in gang and other criminal attacks on adversaries
>and
>>>>innocent bystanders, but also through injury and
>>death
>>>>inflicted on family members and acquaintances when
>>>>arguments escalate into fatalities due to the easy
>>>>availability of guns. The consequences are measured
>>>>not only in personal tragedy and loss, but in the
>>cost
>>>>of trauma care to gunshot victims which now exceeds
>>>>$60 million a year. Our society is not safe.
>>>>
>>>>One of the causes of this epidemic is the ease with
>>>>which any member of our society, including gang
>>>>members, criminals and young people, can obtain
>>>>firearms through illegal sales and theft. We can
>help
>>>>reverse this tide of illegal firearms in our
>>>>communities. Under federal, state and local law, Los
>>>>Angeles County has a pivotal role to play in
>>>>overseeing firearms dealers and firearms sales.
>>>>
>>>>With respect to firearms dealers, the three levels
>of
>>>>government play the following distinctive roles:
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>>>>Federal. Every firearms dealer in the country must
>>>>hold a Federal Firearms License (FFL). In order to
>>>>receive an FFL, applicants must first notify the
>>local
>>>>chief law enforcement officer (in unincorporated Los
>>>>Angeles County and contract cities, the Sheriff) of
>>>>their intent to apply for the federal license. They
>>>>must then certify that the business to be conducted
>>is
>>>>not prohibited by state or local law; that they will
>>>>comply with state and local laws within 30 days of
>>the
>>>>application's approval; and that the business will
>>not
>>>>be conducted until the requirements of state and
>>local
>>>>laws are met.
>>>>
>>>>State. The state requires every firearms dealer to
>>>>possess a valid FFL; a State Board of Equalization
>>>>seller's permit; a State Department of Justice (DOJ)
>>>>Certificate of Eligibility (meaning that dealers
>>>>themselves are not prohibited from buying firearms);
>>>>and "any regulatory or business license(s) required
>>by
>>>>local government." Dealers who hold each of these
>>>>permits are placed on the state's centralized list
>of
>>>>gun dealers.
>>>>
>>>>County. The County, in turn, requires every gun
>>dealer
>>>>in the unincorporated area, and in cities that
>>>>contract with the County for business license
>>>>services, to obtain a Gun Dealers Business License.
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>CONFUSED???????????????/
Could you sue gun shops for causing murder and mayhem,
particularly in your inner cities,any relatives tried it??
