• snooggums
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    5 months ago

    Manufacturers do have a say in who it is advertised to and have been caught knowingly selling to dealers who they know are selling guns to people who are not eligible.

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      5 months ago

      Technically as covered in this article every sale was to a legal purchaser. The problem is they were buying on behalf of someone who cannot. This is not something the manufacturers can control.

      • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Yeah, but it seems awful sketch when manufacturers make something like the Colt 1911 Presidente chambered in 38…

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          5 months ago

          38 is a common enough caliber, people want the 1911 form factor in 38, I say give it to them.