The enemies of the Second Amendment, and the friends of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have just been caught red-handed in either the fabrication of a phony and fraudulent documentary to support their cause, or else an outright federal gun felony. I encourage American Thinker readers to circulate this story as widely as possible in letters to the editor, social media, and talk radio to discredit them and destroy Hillary Clinton's candidacy through the collateral public relations damage and her own role in the Million Mom March's diversion of tax-exempt money into election-related activities.

In Under the Gun: Mass Shooting & Gun Rights, a documentary with Stephanie Soechtig, Soechtig says (starting at 1:30), "We sent a producer out, and he was from Colorado.  He went to Arizona, and he was able to buy a Bushmaster and then three other pistols without a background check in a matter of four hours.  And that’s perfectly legal. .... He just met somebody in a parking lot in Wendy's and bought a Bushmaster legally."

The U.S. Code and the ATF's website prove unequivocally that Soechtig either (1) fabricated this story or (2) was a party to an actual felony per "We sent a producer out…"  18 U.S. Code § 922 – Unlawful Acts says it is illegal for:

…any person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to transport into or receive in the State where he resides (or if the person is a corporation or other business entity, the State where it maintains a place of business) any firearm purchased or otherwise obtained by such person outside that State[.]

However (emphasis is mine), "[a]n unlicensed person who is not prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms may purchase a firearm from an out–of–State source, provided the transfer takes place through a Federal firearms licensee in his or her State of residence."  In addition, it might have been legal for the rifle transaction to proceed through an FFL dealer in Arizona if the sale was legal in both states.  "Exceptions include … an over-the-counter acquisition of a rifle or shotgun from a licensee where the transaction is allowed by the purchaser’s State of residence and the licensee’s State of business."

If Soechtig's producer from Colorado really wanted to buy a Bushmaster and three other pistols from an Arizona resident, he could have met that resident in a parking lot in Wendy's to arrange the sale, but he could not have then legally taken possession of the firearms except through a federally licensed dealer.  This makes Soechtig's assertion that she sent a Colorado resident to buy firearms from somebody in an Arizona parking lot without a background check either a flagrant abuse of her audience’s trust or evidence of participation in an actual gun felony.  The fact that nobody has been arrested points to the former rather than the latter explanation.