Milwaukee gun shop found negligent in police officers' lawsuit

[SlyPokerDog]

A Milwaukee jury awarded about $5 million in damages on Tuesday after finding a gun shop negligent for selling a pistol to a man who shot two police officers.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/13/us/milwaukee-badger-guns-negligence-lawsuit/index.html

 

[Natebishop3]

Interesting... the cops are saying it was an obvious straw buy. I had no idea that was illegal. My mom bought me a handgun when I was 18. Obviously I wasn't allowed to take it anywhere, but I got to shoot it when we went for target practice. How do they know if it's a "straw buy?"

I'm guessing there's more information that wasn't in the article, but it's an interesting topic. Most of my guns when I was a kid were purchased by my parents.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Interesting... the cops are saying it was an obvious straw buy. I had no idea that was illegal. My mom bought me a handgun when I was 18. Obviously I wasn't allowed to take it anywhere, but I got to shoot it when we went for target practice. How do they know if it's a "straw buy?"

I'm guessing there's more information that wasn't in the article, but it's an interesting topic. Most of my guns when I was a kid were purchased by my parents.

There is video of the buy that's been shown all over the news.

 

[Natebishop3]

There is video of the buy that's been shown all over the news.

Heh..... "news" you say?