This is EXACTLY what I spoke of a few weeks ago.

Texas, like many other states, is a state where you can make private gun sales, and no background checks are needed. But it's really not that simple, and the seller still has responsibilities and and can still be held accountable for certain sales. Like I said earlier, they still cannot sell to someone under age. Still can't sell to a felon, or anyone else otherwise known to have failed or will fail a BG check...and other laws/regulations.

One could be more lax about it, and then claim they didn't know. But if it were me, I would take every precaution possible to cover my ass, for cases like this!!

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Report: Midland Shooter Acquired Gun Privately, Seller May Face Charges

The Midland-Odessa shooter who attacked innocents on Saturday reportedly acquired his gun privately in order to avoid drawing attention to himself via a background check.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) noted Monday that the Midland attacker had “previously failed a gun purchase background check in Texas.” At that time no one knew the means by which the gun used in Midland was acquired, but on Tuesday CBS DFW reported the shooter acquired the gun privately “to evade the background check where he would have been flagged.”

The person who sold the gun to the Midland shooter may face “federal charges.” Such charges would depend on what the seller knew about the shooter, including knowledge of things such as the shooter’s mental condition and the fact the shooter had already failed a background check.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...-face-charges/


Midland-Odessa Shooter Denied Gun Purchase After Being Determined ‘Mentally Unfit’

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Federal law enforcement sources confirm the Odessa, Texas mass shooter was denied a gun purchase after being determined “mentally unfit.”

Texas DPS tells CBS 11 the denial came January 14, 2014.

DPS wouldn’t comment further citing its ongoing investigation into Saturday’s shooting in Midland-Odessa that killed seven people and injured 22 others.

The shooter, Seth Ator, 36, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers.

CBS 11 also confirmed the gunman purchased his weapon from a private seller and not a licensed gun dealer, which allowed him to evade a background check.

Under federal law, individuals who buy guns from other individuals don’t have to go through such a check.

On Monday, Governor Greg Abbott revealed in a tweet the shooter failed a background check in Texas when he tried to buy a gun and that he didn’t go through a background check when he obtained his weapon.

Retired Dallas ATF agent Tom Crowley said federal investigators are tracking-down the person who sold the AR-style rifle to the gunman.

“It’s all leg work now,” he said.

Crowley said the trace of the gun starts with the manufacturer, then moves to the wholesaler and retailer.

“The retailer will give us the person who signed the form and bought the gun and he’s the last person associated with that gun. So obviously, you go track him down talk to him to say ‘OK, what happened to this gun? What did you do with it’?”

Rest - https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/09/03/...kground-check/