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Gun Control & RKBA

melm00se

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3. They aren't prosecuted

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 21, 2021, 04:21 PM

Oct 2021

because it is a federal offense and, like financial crimes, the feds only want to get involved when it is a big # issue or it can somehow move political ambition forward. I ran the fraud department for a bank and the only time the Secret Service got involved was when the fraud was part of a multi-million dollar scheme. Anything less? All you heard were crickets.

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re: that 330 years discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2021 #1

Unfortunately, for unstated reasons, ManiacJoe Oct 2021 #2

They aren't prosecuted melm00se Oct 2021 #3