Lawsuit filed against online firm involved in Azana slayings gun sale

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http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/lawsuit-filed-against-online-firm-that-sold-gun-in-azana-spa-slayings-b99601595z1-335806851.html

Three years to the day after a gunman shot seven women, killing three including his wife, at a spa in Brookfield, a lawsuit was filed against online gun sales site Armslist, its founders and the Cedarburg man who sold the murder weapon.
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In his posting on Armslist, a classified gun sales website from Oklahoma, Haughton wrote he was "looking to buy asap" and "have ASAP now and willing to buy now. I am mobile." Haughton first tried to buy an AK-47 assault rifle, but the seller, Andy Fallon, became suspicious, according to the complaint.

Haughton then contacted Devin Linn to buy a .40-caliber handgun Linn had posted for sale. Haughton also said he needed high-capacity magazines. The pair met and made the deal in the front seat of Linn's car in a McDonald's parking lot in Germantown on Oct. 20, 2012, the day before the shooting. Haughton paid Linn $500 for the gun and magazines. Linn did not return calls for comment Thursday.

Haughton was able to buy a gun despite a Milwaukee County judge issuing a restraining order against him just three days before the shooting. The restraining order barred him under federal law from owning a firearm or buying one from a gun dealer.

Gunners will say that it is already illegal for Haughton to buy a gun so more gun laws will make no difference.

Bullshit.

A universal background check, videotape of the transaction and fingerprinting the buyer will make a difference.

The background check would have revealed the restraining order.

A video tape of the transaction would reveal whether the seller did due diligence on the buyer; did he know the buyer was going to be the owner, did he verify the buyer was in state, did he try to determine if the buyer was a danger to himself or others.

Fingerprints of the buyer identify the buyer and can be checked against criminal data bases after the purchase for tracking and retrieval of the firearm.

There is more, much more, to be done.

Repealing the PLCAA (which will be used as a defense), permit to purchase, repealing "shall issue", repealing Stand Your Ground laws and strengthening domestic violence protection laws are essential.