BOISE, ID - Steven Clyne, 70, of Meridian, was sentenced Monday to two years and three months in federal prison for dealing over 300 guns without a license -- and making false statements when purchasing guns, according to Acting United States Attorney Rafael Gonzalez.
Clyne was convicted by a federal jury at trial in March of this year.
“Clyne violated federal law by engaging in the business of dealing guns without a license, and without following requirements such as conducting background checks,” said a news release from Gonzalez’ office.
Some of the guns were subsequently used in crimes. You can buy and sell guns at gun shows, but doing it on a regular basis for profit without an FFL is a crime. If this is what the gun control advocates want controlled, guess what? It is.
BATF has always been very careful to not explicitly define what "engaged in the business" actually means.
ReplyDeleteSelling one gun?
One gun a month?
One gun a week?
They refuse to define a specific cutoff.
And most of the non-FFLs you see selling at gun shows on a semi-regular basis used to have FFLs, but had them pulled, or their renewal denied, because they didn't have a storefront, or comply with local zoning ordinances, or some such, as a part of BATF's intentional program, in recent decades, of significantly decreasing the number of FFLs.
They've reduced the number by more than 80%, over the last 30 years, and they're starting to prep the memespace for yet another effort.
https://www.indy100.com/article/there-are-more-gun-shops-in-the-us-than-starbucks-mcdonalds-and-supermarkets-put-together--W1NPIvYg84b