{"id":76966,"date":"2018-01-06T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76966"},"modified":"2018-01-06T08:14:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T13:14:20","slug":"gao-generally-fails-in-attempts-to-buy-firearms-on-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76966","title":{"rendered":"GAO generally fails in attempts to buy firearms on internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

AW1Ed sends us a link to IJR<\/a> which found a Government Accountability Office report on their attempts to purchase firearms on the internet. Apparently, Democrats Elijah Cummings, Brian Schatz and Elizabeth Warren asked the GAO to investigate the ease with which consumers can buy firearms on the internet. It didn’t go well for the gungrabbers. From the GAO report;<\/p>\n

GAO agents attempted to purchase firearms from Dark Web and Surface Web marketplaces. Agents made seven attempts to purchase firearms on the Dark Web. In these attempts, agents did not disclose any information about whether they were prohibited from possessing a firearm. Of these seven attempts, two on a Dark Web marketplace were successful. Specifically, GAO agents purchased and received an AR-15 rifle and an Uzi that the seller said was modified so that it would fire automatically. GAO provided referral letters to applicable law-enforcement agencies for these purchases to inform any ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n

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\u2019 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.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They were able to buy two weapons on the “Dark Web”. The AR-15 they bought arrived with the serial numbers scratched off and the Uzi that had been advertised as Fully automatic, arrived as a semi-automatic weapon. I’m sure they were disappointed. <\/p>\n

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The GAO provided a helpful graphic to summarize the results of their “surface web” attempts;<\/p>\n

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So, basically, the GAO proved that which we’ve been saying all along – the internet doesn’t facilitate well the illegal purchase of firearms. Criminals aren’t arming themselves by buying guns from Gun Broker or Guns America websites, or even from private citizens. Americans don’t want to arm criminals, and this test by the GAO proves that.<\/p>\n

I’ve bought guns on the internet and I had to go through FFL dealers and background checks each time. Just like the background checks when I bought guns at Gun Shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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