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Related: About this forumATF: Trooper's killer may have bought gun at show
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019110922_apwatrooperkillinggun1stldwritethru.htmlPORT ORCHARD, Wash.
Recently released records show that the felon who shot and killed Washington State Trooper Tony Radulescu in February likely inherited the murder weapon from his father or bought it at a gun show.
Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives traced the .40 caliber Smith & Wesson to its last documented sale, at a Monroe gun show in 2009, The Kitsap Sun reported ( http://is.gd/b8ZEwW), citing documents released by the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office.
From there, it changed hands at least twice without documentation, the ATF determined. The second time, a man who bought the gun in Monroe told agents he's 99 percent sure he later sold the weapon to Joshua Blake at a Port Angeles gun show. Blake shot and killed the trooper on Feb. 23 during a traffic stop. He used the same gun to kill himself later that day.
The seller's name and hometown were not included in the report. He described himself as a private collector, not a licensed dealer, and told agents he was "committed to following the law and tries to comply with all regulations."
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close the gun show loophole now
yup
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)being against something and asking "how are you going to do it"
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Two very different things. Crap-tastic article if they can't narrow it down more than that.
But hey, it give you something to do, eh?
jpak
(41,758 posts)From so-called "law abiders"
yup
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)well . . . yeah . . . thanks for that brilliant insight.
ileus
(15,396 posts)What about the Facebook loophole?
Or the trader times loophole?
Or the classifieds?
Or AR15.com equipment exchange?
Or the hillsville flea market?
Or the trading journal?
And what if he did inherited it? Close the dead Dad loophole?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,480 posts)I've already decided that I'm not going to die. I'm trying to do my part.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)or he bought it from someone else.
Damning stuff there.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,480 posts)...has been narrowed down. The cops know that they don't have to check and see if it fell out of cosmonaut's back pocket.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)maybe now the admin will see fit to bring back UnRec.
good enough reason as any, I suppose.
ileus
(15,396 posts)rl6214
(8,142 posts)any connection to hoyt being banned?
PavePusher
(15,374 posts)Did press bias burst forth in coverage about trooper murder weapon?
Has press bias against gun shows burst forth in coverage appearing in several Puget Sound-area newspapers regarding the source of the murder weapon used by cop-killer Joshua Blake in February against State Trooper Tony Radulescu?
To many gun owners, it certainly looks that way, and they appear to have several points in their favor, not the least of which is a small curiosity about Blake's whereabouts at the time this gun transaction allegedly occurred.
Full disclosure: This writer sits on the board of directors of the Washington Arms Collectors, whose gun show in Monroe figures prominently in the story, but probably not in the slaying, though it appears some effort was made to make it look that way.
More at link.