Officials: Gun laws are being exploited

More decidedly anti-gun non-news from the Star-Smellagram.

Because Texas does not require any state registration to buy a firearm, it is relatively easy for someone to buy a gun for a person who is forbidden to own one. That kind of deal is known as a "straw purchase."

It's also known as a "felony."

Employees at his store helped nab one man, who was arrested and charged with five counts of conspiracy and lying to purchase a firearm.

The suspect, Luciano Varela, told authorities that he was shopping in the store in June when a stranger approached him and asked him to buy him a handgun. He told Varela that he would pay for the gun and give him $30 for his trouble.

I've seen this same sort of reporting used by the Brady Bunch to perpetuate the myth of the so-called "gun show loophole." It's a non-story, because you can't do it legally.

Varela pleaded guilty in January to lying during the first Academy purchase. He is expected to be sentenced next month.

Perot said many people do not realize how dangerous it is to buy a gun for a stranger

Let me put it this way: buying alcohol for a minor is illegal, too, but you don't see newspaper articles on people who've been caught and prosecuted doing that. Why don't we close the "liquor store loophole?"