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Article: VIRGINIA LAW CUTS GUN PIPELINE TO CAPITAL'S CRIMINALS.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 8, 1996
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Byline: LYNN WALTZ, STAFF WRITER
Virginia's one-gun-a-month law is working - making it much more difficult for gun-runners to make a profit and not get caught, federal officials say.
A gun-running ring involving more than a dozen fraternity brothers is a perfect example of how the new law is working, they say. It also shows how those determined to ship guns out of Virginia are able to find loopholes.
Professional gun-runners want profits that depend on the trafficking of large numbers of new guns. Since Virginia enacted the law in 1993, however, they must rely on straw purchasers who can supply them with only one gun a month, the legal limit ...