"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 4/5/13 3:12 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has
pulled
the firearms license from a gun store in East Windsor, Connecticut,
that
sold the gun used in the Newton, Connecticut massacre that killed 26
people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School,
according to a Thursday report in The Journal News.

David LaGuercia, owner of Riverview Gun Sales, had his licence
revoked
on Dec. 20, and the 60-day timeframe to appeal the decision has now
expired.

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Wish the rationale for doing this was available.

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It should come out at some point. The ATF revoked his license
within a
week of the Sandy Hook tragedy yet that information is just being
made
public now?

The ATF has been under-staffed and without a permanent director for
6
years. Could it be that lack of regular dealer inspections and
enforcement of existing laws contributed to these events?



I thought the guns from the Sandy Hook massacre were bought by the
shooter's mom, and that she had a clear record. If she did, I don't
understand why his license was revoked.

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This is pure speculation on my part:

Firearms dealers are supposed to be inspected and audited on a regular
schedule. Due to the lack of manpower in the ATF, these inspections
now are about 8 years apart.

I am speculating that after Sandy Hook, the ATF immediately made an
inspection and probably found some paperwork missing or some records
not in proper order. The fact that the owner had 60 days to appeal
makes it sound like it was not a serious or major finding by the ATF.
My guess is that it was politically inspired. But I can't come up
with a reason why the owner didn't appeal it unless he was either
unaware that he could or was so shell shocked by the events that he
didn't want to.