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19-YEAR-OLD VICTIM WENT TO E-C-
M-C WITH HEAD AND BACK PAIN.
POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING THE
ACCIDENT.
ALL NEW AT 5:30 --- A STORY
CONCERNING YOUR SAFETY AND
ILLEGAL GUNS ON THE STREETS.
SOME VENDORS HAVEN'T BEEN
PLAYING BY THE RULES AT GUN
SHOWS --- AND TONIGHT, NEW YORK
STATE IS TAKING AIM BEFORE MORE
WEAPONS LAND IN THE WRONG HANDS.
NEWS 4'S RICH NEWBERG IS HERE
WITH THE LATEST. RICH?
TWO GUN SHOW OPERATORS, ONE IN
WESTERN NEW YORK, ARE NOW
LAUNCHING NEW
PROCEDURES...ENSURI NG THAT
BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE MADE ON
POTENTIAL BUYERS. THIS FOLLOWS
AN INVESTIGATION BY STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC
SCHNEIDERMAN.
((ERIC SCHNEIDERMANSTATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL: OUR
INVESTIGATION LAST YEAR PROVED
THAT THE CURRENT GUN SHOW LAW IS
A FAILURE. ))
THE NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY
GENERAL'S UNDERCOVER
INVESTIGATORS HAD MADE PURCHASES
AT GUNS SHOWS, INCLUDING THIS
GUN ONE IN HAMBURG. THEY MADE
BUYS FROM TEN GUN SELLERS WHO
FAILED TO CONDUCT PROPER
BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE SELLERS
EITHER PLEADED GUILTY OR WERE
CONVICTED OF VIOLATING THE LAW.
((RICH: THIS ASSAULT RIFLE,
SIMILAR TO ONES USED BY SWAT
TEAMS, WAS SOLD TO AN
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR WHO TOLD
THE
SELLER HE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS
WITH HIS WIFE, AND COULD NOT
PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK.))
NEWS 4 HAS OBTAINED THE ACTUAL
UNDERCOVER VIDEO SHOT IN ERIE
COUNTY.
LISTEN TO THE EXCHANGE.
((1:29--1:36 INTO CLIP:
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR: "I
CAN'T BUY A GUN FROM A DEALER
BECAUSE I'VE GOT AN ORDER OF
PROTECTION, BECAUSE I HAD A
MESSY MARRIAGE."))
THE SELLER THEN TELLS THE
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATOR:
((1:40: GUN SELLER: THEN YOU BUY
THIS ONE.))
THE CHECKS ARE SUPPOSED TO
ENSURE THAT WEAPONS DON'T GET
INTO THE HANDS OF CRIMINALS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE DANGEROUSLY
MENTALLY IMPAIRED, OR
TERRORISTS.
A DATA BASE CALLED THE NATIONAL
INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
SEARCH GUN MAKES THE CHECKS
EASY, BUT GUN SHOW ORGANIZERS
WERE NOT MAKING SURE FIREARMS
VENDORS WERE FOLLOWING THE
RULES. .
((ERIC SCHNEIDERMAN: OUR
UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATORS WERE
ABLE TO BUY AS MANY GUNS AS THEY
WANTED AT EVERY GUN SHOW
THEY ATTENDED, WITHOUT BEING
SUBJECT TO A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
CHECK.))
NOW, SAYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL,
TWO OF NEW YORK'S LARGEST GUN
SHOW OPERATORS, INCLUDING
NIAGARA FRONTIER COLLECTORS OUT
OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, HAVE
AGREED TO MAKE SURE SPECIAL TAGS
ARE ISSUED WHEN A BUYER IS
LEAVING WITH A PURCHASED
FIREARM.
((SCHNEIDERMAN: THEY WILL CHECK
TO SEE THAT AN ADDITIONAL TAG
HAS BEEN ADDED, OR A SPECIAL
DIFFICULT-TO-REPRODUCE STAMP
HAS BEEN ADDED, SHOWING THAT YOU