Man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter charged
Source: AP
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where the attack was launched on Oct. 1 contained the fingerprints of ammunition dealer Douglas Haig of Arizona, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix. It says Haig didn't have a license to manufacture armor-piercing ammunition.
The records don't say if the ammunition was used in the attack. Haig was charged shortly before holding a news conference Friday where he said he didn't notice anything suspicious when he sold 720 rounds of ammunition to Stephen Paddock in the weeks before the attack that killed 58 people.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Ammo-dealer-to-comment-on-experience-with-Las-12545523.php
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)Canoe52
(2,948 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)and it isn't his girlfriend?
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)ITS THE GREATEST WITCHHUNT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.
; throw away the key.
EX500rider
(10,848 posts)hollow points would have been more destructive.
They should still charge him though.
Upthevibe
(8,051 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)been wondering when you'd show up.
Voltaire2
(13,038 posts)IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)EX500rider
(10,848 posts)askyagerz
(776 posts)EX500rider
(10,848 posts)Might go boom if the tank is empty and full of fumes, otherwise you'll just have a hole in the tank where the gas leaks out.
Wouldnt tracers have lit it after it was pierced? He tried to get some but the guy didn't have any left. We also dont know what other kind of bullets he failed to get. From what i understand he definitely fired on the tanks but nothing went through.
Baconator
(1,459 posts)It's possible but super rare...
CanonRay
(14,101 posts)as a lesson to the other gun humpers
Calculating
(2,955 posts)Would be just like arresting a bar tender because one of his patrons killed someone while driving drunk. As for the armor piercing part, I hope people realize that makes the bullets less deadly vs unarmored targets. Hollow points such as those for hunting would be the best vs unarmored targets.
Aristus
(66,377 posts)he would face some penalties.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)right there in the 2nd paragraph is why it's fair:
It says Haig didn't have a license to manufacture armor-piercing ammunition.
eggplant
(3,911 posts)Voltaire2
(13,038 posts)askyagerz
(776 posts)I would imagine that's the only reason he had them. He was a gun enthusiast and knew what bullets to use for different purposes
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and for not taking away the keys or calling the police.
Who else would you arrest? The killer is dead.
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randr
(12,412 posts)iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)...have no sympathy for him cuz he knew it was illegal to sell ammo of that type.
llmart
(15,540 posts)always look like they're mad at the entire world because their lives suck and they're ugly??? This dude looks like he has a broomstick stuck up his ass. What a bunch of whack jobs who get their jollies from thinking they're bad asses when they're just douches.
pansypoo53219
(20,977 posts)hunter
(38,313 posts)And sold them to a murderous madman.
Shooting is fun!
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SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)One less merchant of death on the planet.
kimbutgar
(21,153 posts)You know its coming.
keithbvadu2
(36,808 posts)Doesn't NRA support enforcing existing laws?
Here's one they could support.
Along with all other gun rights supporters.
usaf-vet
(6,186 posts)...... Russian money not use in the 2016 elections to his legal defense fund.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)NickB79
(19,243 posts)This guy's crime was in making and selling it without the proper permits.
He's the ammunition version of a moonshiner.