Martin Polner, the Treasury Department's Director Of Law Enforcement, said today that detailed sales records, including weapons’ serial numbers, required to be maintained under the at had enabled. The sale may then be legally completed if the ptirchaser can offer proof that he is over 21 years of age and is a resident of the state in which the gun is bought, the two other chief criteria in, the 1968 act. The form, kept on file by the dealer, requires the buyer to swear that he is not under indictment for or convicted of a felony, that he is not a fugitive from justice, that he is not a drug addict Or “adjudicated“’ as a mental iridompe tent, that he has not been dishohorablY discharged from the armed forces and that he is not an illegal alien or United States citizen who has renounced his citizenship. Under the Gun Control Act of 1968, a revolver purchaser and the gun dealer must fill out a Form 4473 - Firearms Transactions Record, listing the buyer's name, height, weight, race, address and date and place of birth. 13at Casanova Guns in Milwaukee, according to Treasury spokesmen. Wallace was purchased by the suspect last Jan. There seemed Tittle doubt, howevei that triany sales were to civilians. “Our competitors would really like that information ” he said. McClanahan said that on the advice of his lawyer he Would nat disclose what proportion of Charter ArmS'.s sales of the snub‐nose gun werelo policemen. The Charter Arms version sells, for $12 to $16 less than the similar but more widely known Smith & Wesson and Colt Revolvers.īut Mr. The 38‐caliber snub‐nosed revolver is a stand– and law enforcement officer's sidearm. The 1968 act was supposed to end the importation each year of 20,000 to 30,000 cheaply made “Saturday night special” handguns, and thus reduce the rapid rise in crimes of violence committed with “junk guns” selling for $15 to $30.īut it imposed no standards of concealability on Americanmade handguns, and a loophola in the law has permitted the continued importation of unassembled foreign parts that are put together by 23 companies in this country for legal sale.īoth Government and private firearms specialists said in interviews today that Charter Arms's, $80 revolver could not be classified as a Saturday night special.
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