Gun Dealer Gets 6 Months For Selling To Illegal W/ Valid ID
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One of the gun dealers of Austin’s Gun Show is sentenced to 6-months at a federal work camp for selling a weapon to an undocumented immigrant. Independent firearms dealer-Paul Copeland says for years he has commonly sold handguns and antique weapons with no problems and prior to his arrest the illegal immigrant showed him what appeared to be a valid Texas driver’s license.
In January 2009, the ATF along with the Austin police department set up a sting operation targeting independent firearms dealers that were selling weapons to illegal immigrants, both inside the show and outside the Austin’s Gun Show’s parking lot.
Got that? The illegal had valid ID, yet, Copeland was the one arrested and sentenced. If Copeland had asked for more, he would have been in violation of federal “supremacy” laws, ya know. Perhaps the ATF could have arrested the illegals?
Investigators with the Austin police department believed many of the guns sold to the undocumented immigrants at the show were headed back across the Texas-Mexico border. “I guess you need ask them for their documentation too; if the police aren’t going to profile why should the common citizen have to” says Copeland. He says none of the undocumented immigrants that were asked to testify against him were arrested by federal agents.
The police are probably afraid to ask for ID and arrest the illegals, otherwise, the Obama administration will sue them.
Austin’s Federal Judge Sam Sparks sentenced Copeland to spend the next 6-months at a federal work camp followed by 2-years of probation.
And what of the illegal who purchased the gun with valid ID? No one seems to know.
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Posted by William Teach on September 4, 2010 7:40 am
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Here’s the Order from the United States Court for the Western District of Texas of Austin Division of Copeland’s Motion to Suppress: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keepandshare.com%2Fdoc%2F2215788%2Fcopelandmotiontosuppressoverruled-pdf-september-5-2010-1-15-pm-599k%3Fda%3Dy&rct=j&q=1%3A10-cr-00136-SS%20&ei=hz-FTIaDHI26sAProtj2Bw&usg=AFQjCNF4D82eezWdKiwRrKjTeESbX_Fn7Q&sig2=jVtmCGiqqFqXRL214cmlig&cad=rja
It turns out Huerta is here legally. He purchased the firearm for Mr. Aviles, who was here illegally, after Aviles negotiated with Mr. Copeland for the price of the gun and showed interest. When asked for ID Aviles refused to show any, so Huerta showed his license so that he could purchase it for Avila. He handed the gun to Avila after purchasing it. It says nothing about Huerta or Aviles being charged. That would be under a different case. The charge is that he knowingly sold a gun to Aviles through Huerta.