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The feds were watching, but unlicensed gun dealer was still able to sell Glock that killed Chicago p
Even after the ATF warned him to stop selling firearms without a license, a Wisconsin man "addicted" to flipping guns posted 202 ads on Armslist. But he wasn't arrested until one of them was used to kill a Chicago cop.
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The feds were watching, but unlicensed gun dealer was still able to sell Glock that killed Chicago police officer
Photos: Chicago police commander fatally shot in the Loop
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Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot and killed near the Thompson Center in the Loop on Feb. 13, 2018.
Jeremy Gorner, Annie SweeneyChicago Tribune
Thomas Caldwell once told a federal agent that selling guns was an addiction.
Even after being told to stop because he had no license, the Wisconsin man kept peddling firearms, posting more than 200 ads on a controversial website.
One of those guns, a Glock 26 9 mm handgun, ended up in the hands of a four-time felon who used it in February to kill Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer in a shocking daylight shooting in the heart of the Loop, according to recently filed federal documents.
The records give a rare look at how shadowy gun deals flourish between private owners and over the internet how easy and lucrative they are. And how lethal they can be.
Im not surprised that gun changed hands and came from out of state, said former Chicago police First Deputy Superintendent John Escalante, Bauers childhood friend. I think they (gun sellers) dont want to think about that. They are seeing the bottom line, which is money in their hands. If that gun winds up being used to shoot someone, theyre thinking, Well, I didnt shoot the guy. I didnt pull the trigger.
The Chicago Tribune reported in March how the gun known as a Baby Glock for its compact size made its way from a gun shop near Madison, Wis., to Lower Wacker Drive in Chicago. Now the open and unregulated market that carried it into Chicago has come into sharper focus as federal charges have been filed against Caldwell and a second Wisconsin man, Ron Jones.
Tracking the Baby Glock that killed Cmdr. Bauer: A Wisconsin shop, a gun club and a shadowy sale on the internet »
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The feds were watching, but unlicensed gun dealer was still able to sell Glock that killed Chicago p (Original Post)
riversedge
Oct 2018
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hack89
(39,171 posts)1. He was a criminal selling to other criminals
Time to give the ATF the money and people to crack down on this.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)2. Laws are already on the books for this
The problem was the ATF failed to enforce them. The ATF needs more funding, badly.
My God, 200 guns sold without an FFL?!? The ATF had ample cause to lock his ass up after a dozen.