More irresponsible reporting on guns.

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Quote:

Psst. Want an untraceable gun? Courtesy of Congress and the U.S. military? That may soon be possible thanks to a provision tacked onto this year's National Defense Authorization Act, which the House of Representatives is set to pass this week. According to a white paper prepared for Congress by the Army opposing the amendment, the measure would allow the unregulated distribution of up to 100,000 Colt .45s, more formally known as .45-caliber semiautomatic M1911 handguns.

The "white paper" is here; http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com...Paper11May.pdf

The white paper does not describe the transfer process as unregulated as the above article claims.
It does accurately claim that the CMP is not required to maintain the same records as an FFL.
The CMP does a NICS check for each person ordering any firearm from them; there is some regulation.
These pistols do have serial numbers, they are not untraceable as claimed.

This claim is legitimate as far as I know;

Quote:

The Army noted in its opposition that the Department of Justice has tracked an average of nearly 1,800 Colt .45s being used in crimes every year over the last decade, including a significant but unspecified number of those guns that were originally military surplus.

Ranb

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