Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Less than a week after the push by Democrats push for more gun control went down in flames in the Senate, Reuters is reporting the suspected Boston Marathon bombers ignored gun laws that are already on the books in possessing the firearms they used in shootouts with the police.
According to Reuters, "The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, who police say engaged in a gun battle early Friday after a frenzied manhunt, were not licensed to own guns in the towns where they lived."
This means the handguns and "at least one rifle" the brothers had with them were acquired and possessed in ways that broke laws already in existence.
For example, to have acquired and possessed the firearms legally, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the elder brother, would have first needed "to apply for a gun license with the local police department where he lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts."
In Massachusetts, a Firearms Identification Card (FID) is required before buying, transporting, or possessing a firearm.
Another example of how new gun control laws will not deter criminals who have been ignoring the old laws for years.

Greybeard wrote:Uh oh. They're in trouble now.

FiremanBob wrote:
...There is also the question of how they financed their lifestyles, being unemployed and not living with parents. My suspicion is AQ.

101stABdiv wrote:Did they have a permit for the pressure cookers that they used to make the bombs with? The liberals will focus on the police officer that was killed with the gun but how about the 3 that died and over one hundred seriously injured by everyday items like a pressure cooker, nails and ball bearings?

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