this retailer he gets on the phone as he is required to do and he calls the national instant criminal background check system but he's got the straw purchasers identification not surprisingly keep has passed the background check the straw purchaser hands over the money the real purchaser moves in and helps pack up the gun nobody had the sense that a body was watching nobody had to sense if they would get in any trouble so that felonies were conducted right out in the open they're the kind of transactions that make it easy for criminals to get guns. not too many years ago the air force commissioned a study of these weapons pointing out the fact that no airport civilian or military was entirely safe the range of these weapons was such that a determined bad guy could be well outside the security perimeter of an airport and still have a fair shot at an airliner as it took off or landed. these guns are available from private individuals for cash no background check no waiting period no questions no record. more hate mail today. and. this is on the list for the house for who we think could be a likely co-sponsor o