Gun seller pleads guilty to charge related to Newtown

[BainsBane]

Good news that someone is being held accountable.

"BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The man who sold the Bushmaster rifle used in the Newtown, Conn., massacre has pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the gun sale.

Krystopher Dibella, an former employee at Riverview Gun Sales in East Windsor, Conn., pleaded guilty Monday in federal court here to aiding and abetting a failure to make a proper entry on an ATF 4473 form, which is a firearms transaction form. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives raided the gun store days after the massacre. . .

The Journal News first reported in April that the ATF in the days after its raid had revoked the federal firearms license of the store's owner, David LaGuercia, citing a history of violations.

Among the "willful violations" found from January 2010 to July 2011 was that Dibella "sold ammunition on at least two occasions" to a man "he had reason to believe was a felon."

So far, LaGuercia has not been charged. Dibella is scheduled to be sentenced at 11 a.m. Sept. 16.

Neither Dibella nor his lawyer, Lawrence Church, could be reached immediately for comment Tuesday."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/06/25/bushmaster-rifle-newtown-shooting/2456335/

[flamin lib]

1. So much for law abiding . . . nt

[Jenoch]

2. It appears a single letter

can change the meaning of this story.

"The man who sold the Bushmaster rifle used in the Newtown, Conn., massacre has pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from the gun sale."

That lead implies that Mrs. Lanza bought the rifle without filling out form 4473.

This story is linked to by the link in the OP. It says there is no indication that Nancy Lanza was involved in any illegal gun purchases that day.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20130625/NEWS02/306250063/Man-who-sold-Newtown-massacre-rifle-pleads-guilty-federal-charge

[BainsBane]

3. or ever, from what I know

Thus the fiction that only felons commit murders is once again proven false.

[Jenoch]

4. I am unaware of that piece of fiction.

Can you give me the ISBN for that title?

[BainsBane]

5. Sure

You'll find several references in here
http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1172

[Jenoch]

6. I have never claimed

that only felons commit murders. I haven't a post making a claim like that in any other threads either.

[BainsBane]

7. I didn't say you personally did

but to pretend that isn't a common talking point of gungeoners is laughable.

[Jenoch]

8. Words have meaning.

You wrote that 'only felons commit murder'. I have never seen anyone make such a claim.

[BainsBane]

9. and no where did I say you in the sentence

Words do have meaning. That's why reading is important.

[Jenoch]

12. The word to which I was referring

is 'only'. I have never seen anyone claim that 'only' felons commit murder.

[BainsBane]

10. Oh, but since you bring it up

I do recall your quip in response to the post about women killed by guns, wondering how many were killed by ganbangers.

[Jenoch]

11. I do wonder about

that. I think it should be stopped. I don't know how old you are, but we once had a Minneapolis police chief who claimed Minneapolis did not have a gang problem. This was in the days when Minneapolis was nicknamed "Murderapolis".

[BainsBane]

13. As I told you before

gangs are not relevant to domestic violence. I advise you to be careful of using terms like "gangbanger," since they signal to readers a racial position.

[Jenoch]

14. I am opposed to all domestic violence.

I am opposed to all gun crime. Like I said in that other thread, I probably should not have brought up gang members. They do commit more gun crime than your average gun owner however. I hope you can agree with me on that.

[bobclark86]

15. So...

the headline and story lede say the offense was related to the sale to Nancy Lanza... but the only evidence presented just states the offense happened the same day she bought two guns.

In other words, the story says "theoretically possible, but only circumstantial evidence," but the headline and lede (likely written by an editor) says "Fuck yeah!"

So, was it related or not?