>>Someone will ask an adult (i.e. qualified to own a gun) to buy a gun and register it. The someone pays for the gun and other incidental overheads.
>>Then they tell the surrogate buyer that in 6 months they are to report the gun lost/stolen and at that time they get $1,000. for actually handing the gun to the 'someone' who started it all. This for handguns mainly, apparently.
>>The commentator, who seemd quite informed, thought that at least 50% of the illegal guns are obtained this way.
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>>I just thought it was an interesting item for this discussion.
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>That sounds very possible. It happens here, too, if memory serves that is how the kids that did the Columbine shooting got their guns. And, occasionally, the straw buyers get busted.

Any idea how they found them?