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| ATF Concerned About California Police Gun Sales |
| 2017-05-07 |
| Moved to Page 2 [Breitbart] The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is concerned that California police officers are acquiring "off-roster" guns, then "illegally" selling them. Officers can take advantage of an exemption allowing them to purchase guns that law-abiding citizens are not allowed to buy‐"if they passed a three-day basic firearms training course [to be] covered under the exemption." On the other hand, law-abiding citizens are limited to a roster of California-approved handguns. The ATF is concerned that officers are acquiring the "off-roster" weapons, then selling them for profit. According to the San Diego Union-Tribune, the ATF’s concern came to the forefront with the recent seizure of two truckloads of guns from Pasadena Police Department Lt. Vasken Gourdikian. Although Gourdikian has not been charged, "federal records show investigators seized 57 firearms from the home, including pistols, rifles and shotguns." The Los Angeles Times reports the weapons were "worth tens of thousands of dollars." The Union-Tribune reports the ATF views the possibility of California police officers acquiring "off-roster" guns to sell on the side as an "emerging problem." The agency worries that this is part of a "growing trend of law enforcement officials engaging in the business of unlicensed firearms dealing." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 I'll say three words: "Fast and Furious." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-05-07 17:43 |
| #5 The officer has not been charged because owning those weapons would not be in violation of the 2nd amendment. The ATF needs to be disbanded. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Sinatra8187 2017-05-07 14:00 |
| #4 Being a resident of Commiefornia the legislature has proven their words and promises to the people are worthless. The legislature are a bunch of liars. In 2000 we were told we could keep our standard capacity magazines that held more than 10 cartridges provided we had proof that we purchased them before January 1, 2000. The next battery of anti-gun legislation affirmed the previous exemption provided the owner of the standard capacity magazines that hold more than ten cartridges had documentation that they were purchased prior to 1,1,2000. Their latest insult and illegal act reversed those assurances and promises and laws. They violated their own published written procedures and allowed no period for public comment and passed a new law making any non L.E.O. in possession of a magazine holding more than ten cartridges a felony after July 1, 2017. This Unconstitutional law is the last straw for me. I getting my home ready to sell so I can move out of state. They also violated the Constitutional rights of every citizen when they passed a law that the people of California cannot buy ammunition from the large discounters who are all out out of state. |
| Posted by: David169 2017-05-07 13:15 |
| #3 Why do you think the first law the assembly passes after putting draconian restrictions on guns is for all members to be exempt from the restrictions? Honda already showed what they plan to do. Police are just getting a cut of the action. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-05-07 10:02 |
| #2 ...Anybody else think that this will probably be the excuse for the final banning of gun sales in Californiastan? Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2017-05-07 07:58 |
| #1 'Fat Mags' need not apply! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-07 04:23 |