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May 23, 2013
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The Tampa Bay Times <\/a>reports that the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office plans to \u201cstrictly enforce a county law mandating background checks for all customers at gun shows\u201d and close down private firearms sales between individuals.<\/p>\n Working closely with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office will conduct an undercover operation at the Two Guys Gun Show<\/a> in Largo, Florida this weekend.<\/p>\n The ATF has conducted numerous investigations of gun shows<\/a> over the past decade. The ATF and the Justice Department claim gun shows are used by gangs and others, including Mexican drug cartels, to illegally peddle firearms used in murders and other criminal activity.<\/p>\n Seven counties in Florida have attempted to close the so-called gun show loophole by enacting a law requiring background checks of private gun sales.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure the ordinance is enforced,\u201d Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told the newspaper earlier this week. \u201cThe last thing in the world that I want to see, and I hope anyone wants to see, is a firearm fall into the hands of a person who\u2019s prohibited by law from possessing one.\u201d<\/p>\n Gualtieri sent Two Guys Gun Show organizer Guy Lemakos a letter to \u201cremind\u201d him of private vendors\u2019 of government-mandated responsibilities under the ordinance. Lemakos told The Tampa Bay Times he will personally perform background checks on about 25 private sellers at the show, although he believes guidelines issued by the Sheriff\u2019s office are unfair. Private vendors constitute around 20 percent of sellers at the show.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll do what I have to do, but I\u2019m uncomfortable with it, because I\u2019m not a cop,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the responsibility of a gun show owner to enforce the law.\u201d<\/p>\n The police admit they do not have the resources or manpower to enforce the law. \u201cManpower is limited,\u201d Hillsborough sheriff\u2019s Col. Donna Lusczynski said.<\/p>\n Democrat Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller told the newspaper he will consider ways to find additional funding the Hillsborough Sheriff\u2019s Office to specifically enforce the background-check law at gun shows.<\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:46 am<\/p>\n Tags: constitution<\/a>, domestic news<\/a>, gun rights<\/a><\/p>\n
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