Girlwithagun
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Wait, I've got a solution to this one! Let's take the guns away from law abiding citizens! That might solve the problem!
Anyway, doesn't Maryland have a protective bubble around it to keep those evil guns out? Sheesh.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3010513/detail.html
Feds Bust Alleged Baltimore-Oklahoma Gun Trafficking Ring
ATF Agent Notices Repeated, Specific Gun Purchases
POSTED: 6:00 pm EDT April 15, 2004
UPDATED: 7:42 pm EDT April 15, 2004
BALTIMORE -- Federal authorities have arrested 10 people in what they called a classic case of gun trafficking that funneled a huge haul of handguns from Oklahoma to Baltimore's streets.
Though 10 people face charges, the case is far from closed, WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported.
Authorities said this is a case that underlines how guns that are bought legally can end up in the wrong hands. The case was cracked after a federal agent in Oklahoma, as part of his routine work, noticed an unusual pattern.
Jeff Cochran, an Oklahoma agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with other officials, displayed Thursday just one of the handguns allegedly headed for the streets of Baltimore. In all, investigators said 240 guns were purchased in Oklahoma between August and February, and sold for huge profits in Baltimore.
"What they were buying here, they were selling and making 200 to 300 percent profits," Cochran said.
According to a federal indictment filed in Tulsa, Okla., the alleged ringleader of the gun-running scheme is Dorian Carr, which explains the Baltimore connection. Before moving to Oklahoma, Carr lived in Baltimore where he was convicted in the early 1990s on a gun-related charge, Miller reported.
"They were driving the guns, since they were originally from Baltimore, to known drug dealers and gang members," Cochran said.
Investigators said, Carr used his Baltimore connections to literally take gun orders. Then, they said, he allegedly used so-called straw purchasers in Oklahoma to buy the guns before loading them up in his car and driving the guns to Baltimore himself. In fact, authorities said, Carr was arrested in the middle of one such delivery trip with 25 handguns in the car, Miller reported.
The investigation started when an ATF agent noticed the same people were repeatedly buying the same type guns from some Oklahoma dealers and gun shows.
"We actually followed the people when they showed up at gun shows in February, go make the purchase, the legitimate purchase, and go out and put them in an Excursion," Cochran said.
By tracking serial numbers, federal agents then discovered some of the guns had been recovered from crime scenes or illegal gun seizures in Baltimore. Baltimore police are part of the case, but would not comment on the case because the investigation is not over.
Authorities said they have yet to recover some of the guns that were delivered to Baltimore as part of this gun running scheme. They said the guns were sold in Baltimore for two to three times the purchase amounts in Oklahoma.
Anyway, doesn't Maryland have a protective bubble around it to keep those evil guns out? Sheesh.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/3010513/detail.html
Feds Bust Alleged Baltimore-Oklahoma Gun Trafficking Ring
ATF Agent Notices Repeated, Specific Gun Purchases
POSTED: 6:00 pm EDT April 15, 2004
UPDATED: 7:42 pm EDT April 15, 2004
BALTIMORE -- Federal authorities have arrested 10 people in what they called a classic case of gun trafficking that funneled a huge haul of handguns from Oklahoma to Baltimore's streets.
Though 10 people face charges, the case is far from closed, WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported.
Authorities said this is a case that underlines how guns that are bought legally can end up in the wrong hands. The case was cracked after a federal agent in Oklahoma, as part of his routine work, noticed an unusual pattern.
Jeff Cochran, an Oklahoma agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with other officials, displayed Thursday just one of the handguns allegedly headed for the streets of Baltimore. In all, investigators said 240 guns were purchased in Oklahoma between August and February, and sold for huge profits in Baltimore.
"What they were buying here, they were selling and making 200 to 300 percent profits," Cochran said.
According to a federal indictment filed in Tulsa, Okla., the alleged ringleader of the gun-running scheme is Dorian Carr, which explains the Baltimore connection. Before moving to Oklahoma, Carr lived in Baltimore where he was convicted in the early 1990s on a gun-related charge, Miller reported.
"They were driving the guns, since they were originally from Baltimore, to known drug dealers and gang members," Cochran said.
Investigators said, Carr used his Baltimore connections to literally take gun orders. Then, they said, he allegedly used so-called straw purchasers in Oklahoma to buy the guns before loading them up in his car and driving the guns to Baltimore himself. In fact, authorities said, Carr was arrested in the middle of one such delivery trip with 25 handguns in the car, Miller reported.
The investigation started when an ATF agent noticed the same people were repeatedly buying the same type guns from some Oklahoma dealers and gun shows.
"We actually followed the people when they showed up at gun shows in February, go make the purchase, the legitimate purchase, and go out and put them in an Excursion," Cochran said.
By tracking serial numbers, federal agents then discovered some of the guns had been recovered from crime scenes or illegal gun seizures in Baltimore. Baltimore police are part of the case, but would not comment on the case because the investigation is not over.
Authorities said they have yet to recover some of the guns that were delivered to Baltimore as part of this gun running scheme. They said the guns were sold in Baltimore for two to three times the purchase amounts in Oklahoma.
