This is too funny. As you know, liberals are constantly crying about the “Internet loophole” that they claim allows anyone to illegally purchase guns from websites and have them shipped to their front door. Some Congressional democrats decided to prove how dangerous this loophole is, but all they managed to show is that it is impossible for prohibited people to get a gun on the Internet.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) and Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) hate guns and are scared of things that don’t exist. In an effort to show the world what a scourge the Internet loophole is, they demanded that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct an investigation into illegal Internet gun sales.
GAO agents posed as prohibited people on a variety of websites in an effort to get people to sell them guns. here’s the result of that investigation:
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’ 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.
Yes, you read that correctly: out of 72 attempts to illegally obtain a firearm on the Internet, they failed 72 times. With a 100% failure rate it really doesn’t get anymore conclusive than that. There is no Internet loophole.
Despite these findings, here’s how the GAO summed things up:
The relative anonymity of the Internet makes it an ideal means for prohibited individuals to obtain illegal firearms.
Really? Because the GAO agents posing as prohibited people were unable to get their hands on even one firearm. It seems like a more logical conclusion would be that prohibited people cannot get a gun from the Interwebz.
This actually reminds me of an episode of the TV show It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Characters Dennis and Dee are pissed off about gun ownership so they set out to prove how stupid our gun laws are and how easy it is to purchase a firearm. First they go to a gun store and try to buy an AR-15, but they both have criminal records and the sale is denied. They then go to a gun show, but because they are acting suspicious a private dealer refuses to sell to them. Finally, they try to buy a gun off of a street thug, but he rips them off and they end up not getting an “automatic killing machine.”
You may have noticed that this GAO report isn’t exactly big news. Had the GAO agents been able to buy a bunch of guns illegally it would be banner headline material, but the truth about the nonexistent Internet loophole contradicts a very important liberal narrative, so no way in hell will the liberal media report on it.
Despite these conclusive results, you can expect democrats to continue pushing for gun laws to close the Internet loophole, because that’s how full of shit they are.
via Downtrend.com
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