feedthehogs
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Our local gun dealer, hang out spot, was broken into and robbed of 10 handguns and 2 long guns thanks to the ATF.
3 months ago a few of us were hanging out in the shop when in walks a dreadlocked individual with a grill claiming not to be able to fit a magazine in an SKS. We all said bring in the gun and we'll help you out.
He left and returned an hour later with a magazine that looked like three 30 rounders had been welded together and an SKS that had the barrel cut right after the gas tube.
Recognizing the NFA violation, no one said anything and the dealer said if you leave the gun and come back in an hour I'll have it fixed for you. The guy got nervous, grabbed the gun and ran out the door.
The dealer called ATF and the incident was reported. An Agent came out a few days later and while the guys name was never given, a description was.
The agent produced a few photos and one was the gun owner. He had been arrested on NFA violations before and was one of five members of a local group known for gun running. The agent thanked the dealer saying he would be arrested.
Funny thing happend a month later. In walks grill face with the same SKS out of the stock having trouble getting it back in. The dealer again said leave the gun, the guy declined and left. He was reported again but no agent showed up this time.
Last week grill face shows up again and just looks around the shop and leaves. The owner reports it again.
A few days later the store is broken into at 5am. The owner who lives about three blocks from the store gets there two minutes after the alarm goes off but they are already gone.
40 MINUTES later the cops show up. 3 female and one male deputy.
The male deputy walks in and the first thing out of his mouth was a few explitives and the comment, damn gun stores, now there are more guns on the street.
The owner who has lost part of his lively hood, felt like he had been raped, told the male cop with alot of explitives to get the hell out of his shop with an attitude like his. The cop left and one of the female cops apologized for his attitude.
After taking fingerprints and finding a glove at the scene, a few days later the local detective says he matched a print and wanted to drop off some pictures. He came by and put 20 pictures on the counter. Right in the middle was old grill face. The owner picked him out and proceeded to tell the local detective about grill faces history at the store.
The detective calls the owner back the next day after talking to the ATF.
Apparently the AFT agent who took the original report of the NFA violation just never bothered following up with the original or subsequent calls.
Otherwise old grill face, with a rap sheet 4 pages long, would have been in Federal custody.
Now the ATF is getting involved. The original agent is reported to be in the hot seat(nothing will happen to him) and they are going to finally pick grill face up.
They are already talking a deal though. He is looking at about 30 years in Federal custody. They want to offer him a deal for low time if he tells them where the guns are.
Great, not even in custody and they want to plead out.
This dealer was just audited by the ATF last month and ripped a new one by the auditor because there were two 4473's that the persons filling them out left out their city in the box for address.
Law abiding get rolled over the coals, crimminals get to skate.
Just another day in paradise.
3 months ago a few of us were hanging out in the shop when in walks a dreadlocked individual with a grill claiming not to be able to fit a magazine in an SKS. We all said bring in the gun and we'll help you out.
He left and returned an hour later with a magazine that looked like three 30 rounders had been welded together and an SKS that had the barrel cut right after the gas tube.
Recognizing the NFA violation, no one said anything and the dealer said if you leave the gun and come back in an hour I'll have it fixed for you. The guy got nervous, grabbed the gun and ran out the door.
The dealer called ATF and the incident was reported. An Agent came out a few days later and while the guys name was never given, a description was.
The agent produced a few photos and one was the gun owner. He had been arrested on NFA violations before and was one of five members of a local group known for gun running. The agent thanked the dealer saying he would be arrested.
Funny thing happend a month later. In walks grill face with the same SKS out of the stock having trouble getting it back in. The dealer again said leave the gun, the guy declined and left. He was reported again but no agent showed up this time.
Last week grill face shows up again and just looks around the shop and leaves. The owner reports it again.
A few days later the store is broken into at 5am. The owner who lives about three blocks from the store gets there two minutes after the alarm goes off but they are already gone.
40 MINUTES later the cops show up. 3 female and one male deputy.
The male deputy walks in and the first thing out of his mouth was a few explitives and the comment, damn gun stores, now there are more guns on the street.
The owner who has lost part of his lively hood, felt like he had been raped, told the male cop with alot of explitives to get the hell out of his shop with an attitude like his. The cop left and one of the female cops apologized for his attitude.
After taking fingerprints and finding a glove at the scene, a few days later the local detective says he matched a print and wanted to drop off some pictures. He came by and put 20 pictures on the counter. Right in the middle was old grill face. The owner picked him out and proceeded to tell the local detective about grill faces history at the store.
The detective calls the owner back the next day after talking to the ATF.
Apparently the AFT agent who took the original report of the NFA violation just never bothered following up with the original or subsequent calls.
Otherwise old grill face, with a rap sheet 4 pages long, would have been in Federal custody.
Now the ATF is getting involved. The original agent is reported to be in the hot seat(nothing will happen to him) and they are going to finally pick grill face up.
They are already talking a deal though. He is looking at about 30 years in Federal custody. They want to offer him a deal for low time if he tells them where the guns are.
Great, not even in custody and they want to plead out.
This dealer was just audited by the ATF last month and ripped a new one by the auditor because there were two 4473's that the persons filling them out left out their city in the box for address.
Law abiding get rolled over the coals, crimminals get to skate.
Just another day in paradise.
