Guess what the next "Loophole" will be
The following appeared in today's Daily News:
HIS WEAPONS WERE LEGAL
By Scott Shifrel and Alice McQuillan
Police brass yesterday blasted one of the biggest loopholes of gun control
- the reality that shotguns and rifles can be bought by virtually anybody.
For a handgun, there's a waiting period, a police permit to obtain, a
background check to pass - a whole gamut of restrictions in gun-tough New
York state.
For the so-called long guns favored by hunters, it's a whole different
world. Simply put your money down, and you can take a rifle or shotgun home.
In New York City, you must report shotgun purchases at your local precint
station house. But there is no oversight.
That's how Arthur Alalouf, the mentally unbalanced Brooklyn man who wounded
four officers, obtained his rifles and shotguns - legally, Chief of
Detectives William Allee said common sense should have kept the gun out of
Alalouf's hands.
Allee said that the Brooklyn gun shop owner who sold Alalouf the Mossberg
12-gauge shotgun he used a day before the rampage, should have thought
better. "If a drunk goes into a bar, you shouldn't sell him a
drink," Allee said.
Alalouf also was issued a target permit in the mid 1980's , a police source
said.
Because Alalouf, a former corrections officer, didn't have a criminal
record and nobody apparently complained to police about his behavior, he
appears to have repeatedly had his target permit renewed, sources said.
Geoff Ross
The following appeared in today's Daily News:
HIS WEAPONS WERE LEGAL
By Scott Shifrel and Alice McQuillan
Police brass yesterday blasted one of the biggest loopholes of gun control
- the reality that shotguns and rifles can be bought by virtually anybody.
For a handgun, there's a waiting period, a police permit to obtain, a
background check to pass - a whole gamut of restrictions in gun-tough New
York state.
For the so-called long guns favored by hunters, it's a whole different
world. Simply put your money down, and you can take a rifle or shotgun home.
In New York City, you must report shotgun purchases at your local precint
station house. But there is no oversight.
That's how Arthur Alalouf, the mentally unbalanced Brooklyn man who wounded
four officers, obtained his rifles and shotguns - legally, Chief of
Detectives William Allee said common sense should have kept the gun out of
Alalouf's hands.
Allee said that the Brooklyn gun shop owner who sold Alalouf the Mossberg
12-gauge shotgun he used a day before the rampage, should have thought
better. "If a drunk goes into a bar, you shouldn't sell him a
drink," Allee said.
Alalouf also was issued a target permit in the mid 1980's , a police source
said.
Because Alalouf, a former corrections officer, didn't have a criminal
record and nobody apparently complained to police about his behavior, he
appears to have repeatedly had his target permit renewed, sources said.
Geoff Ross
