Reporter testing the 'availability of guns at Walmart' fails background check- Hayley Peterson

[hermosabeach]

Reporter testing the ‘availability of guns at Walmart’ fails background check - Washington Examiner

A senior correspondent for Business Insider investigated "the availability of guns at Walmart" by attempting to purchase a firearm, but proved unable to do so after failing a background check. "I went to Walmart with the intention of buying a gun last week as part of an investigation into the...

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A senior correspondent for Business Insider investigated "the availability of guns at Walmart" by attempting to purchase a firearm, but proved unable to do so after failing a background check.

I tried to buy a gun at Walmart twice, and roadblocks left me empty-handed both times

The availability of guns at Walmart has become a hotly debated issue in the wake of two deadly shootings at its stores that killed 24 people.

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I'm waiting for prosecution to occur

 

[candyx]

Her lips are to thin for any type of enjoyment.

 

[W54/XM-388]

Sounds like another SJW "reporter" looking for a scoop was foiled.

 

[PolarisBreach]

She didn't fail a background check. The address on her license wasn't current, so she didn't have the proper identification. In one of those scenarios she'd be politely told she can't buy anything, in the other scenario she could get a visit from the feds and wind up in front of a judge. I was fully expecting this to be a hit piece after she put in details like "the gun counter was 100 paces from the door" and "I walked by kid's toys and school supplies and yada yada yada", but she concluded by saying that she felt that not just anybody would be able to walk in off the street and buy something. It's nice to see some people are rational and capable of changing their mind, but I'm guessing 99.999% of people that read that article won't.

 

[Nik H]

Her lips are to thin for any type of enjoyment.

Which set?

 

[45.308]

Per the Brady Law, have to establish a physical address of the transferee. Most state law you have to change your address within 30 days of moving. Even if she did produce alternate documentation with current physical address, if she moved over 30 days ago that document is not valid and would require her to obtain a new DL/ID before the background could be run.

In VA the state police administer the back ground check through NICS but VA state check includes 3 additional checks just within the state. The troopers take this quite serious and once a month collect all denied SP65 from FFL. The troopers have no legal authority to the 4473 and feds don't care about the SP65.

The 90% of those polled who want to expand background checks per the polls have no idea about background checks.

 

[10ring'r]

Probably her past of blowing all the men in TV to get to the reporter position flagged her background check.

Appears she didn't wipe her mouth off and it was a dead giveaway. That's how background checks are supposed to work folks! MSM spoiled again, draats! Mac

 

[2ndamendfan]

That was the stupidest article I have read in awhile. She never actually tried to buy a gun. She strung it out long enough to make it appear she put a lot of effort in to it, but when the time came to actually do the dead she balked.

 

[Veer_G]

Appears she didn't wipe her mouth off and it was a dead giveaway. That's how background checks are supposed to work folks! MSM spoiled again, draats! Mac

 

[Rearden Steel]

Which set?

Both comments are beyond weak-minded.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Yet she can buy alcohol, drugs, an a 1000HP car/truck. Or stroll over an buy HTH an brake fluid, boiled linseed oil an wool, bleach an H2O2 an a simple item from automotive, or walk to the paint section an then the hair care section a conger up some real good shit that will out do even the best moron with a gun an be drinking umbrella drinks when it happens. The amount of lock step in your average American these days on all three sides, is almost incomprehensible. However that can be a good thing when it all goes to shit,...

 

[Fig]

Both comments are beyond weak-minded.

Elaborate.

I dated a thin lipped girl who was incredibly enjoyable. Just too bitchy/bossy for anything more.

 

[sirhrmechanic]

She didn't fail a background check. The address on her license wasn't current, so she didn't have the proper identification. In one of those scenarios she'd be politely told she can't buy anything, in the other scenario she could get a visit from the feds and wind up in front of a judge. I was fully expecting this to be a hit piece after she put in details like "the gun counter was 100 paces from the door" and "I walked by kid's toys and school supplies and yada yada yada", but she concluded by saying that she felt that not just anybody would be able to walk in off the street and buy something. It's nice to see some people are rational and capable of changing their mind, but I'm guessing 99.999% of people that read that article won't.

Iirc business insider is a pretty conservative rag. I think she set out to show the system works... not be an SJW. And, in fact, the system worked!

If course the true SJWs will bray on that she could have bought online (false) or used gunshow loophole (false). Or a private sale. True in some states... but legal. And not a loophole.

Overall a good article. She should be commended, not trashed. She did the 2a community a huge favor by being...honest. From a reporter, that is a rare quality and one I wish we saw more of.

Cheers, Sirhr