Reply #5: Not That I'm in the Habit of Defending Wal-Mart [View All]

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but doesn't the onus of determining whether a person is competent to purchase a firearm fall on the government? Wal-Mart is merely the firearm dealer who has no way of determining whether a person is filling out the form truthfully. The article also hinted that the poor woman's mother was going to argue that, since her daughter was something of a local celebrity, every clerk in the sporting goods section should know her history - thereby preventing the sale in the first place. There may be a case if it can be determined that the salesperson had firsthand knowledge of the woman's involuntary commitment, but I'm betting she wasn't THAT infamous.