Gun Used To Kill ICE Agent In Mexico Bought At Fort Worth Gun Show (Dallas: credit, attorney)

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I, Monster?

JOSHUA (CBSDFW.COM) – The gun used to kill a federal agent in Mexico on Feb. 15 was purchased legally from a company in Joshua, according to information released by federal officials Tuesday.

It’s “a horrible, tragic thing,” says Jim Terrill, whose business, Off-Duty Armory, sold a Romanian-made Draco 7-62 lat a Fort Worth gun show last October.

Federal officials now say it was one of three weapons used in the ambush killing of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata and the wounding of his co-worker last month in Mexico.

Gun Used To Kill Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agent In Mexico Bought From Joshua Company At Fort Worth Gun ShowCBS Dallas / Fort Worth

[jeffari-al-texani]

okay...and???

[ChristieP]

From the story:

"According to the U.S District Attorney’s office, 22-year-old Otilio Osorio of Lancaster, who was in court briefly Tuesday on a separate charge, bought the gun.

Terrill said Osorio provided him with a picture ID and the required background information – all of which was legitimate – and that the FBI did a background check and approved the sale."

The dealer followed the law in the sale. The purchaser then used the gun to commit a crime. So prosecute the purchaser. End of story.

[Rakin]

I love the Ft Worth Gun Show, nice place to take the boys on a Saturday afternoon.

[Cowboybootnut]

And how does a gun bought in the USA, get to Mexico????????

[loves2read]

presumably because the person who bought it sold it to someone there

there is nothing new about this--just the fact that the gun was TRACEABLE--
the person who used it was too stupid to acid etch the serial number and make it untraceable

the real question is why does anyone need an automatic assault rifle if he/she is not a member of the armed forces or police dept--
because that answer (to kill people with rapid fire power) is hard to digest, most people don't want it asked at all...

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Originally Posted by loves2read

presumably because the person who bought it sold it to someone there

there is nothing new about this--just the fact that the gun was TRACEABLE--
the person who used it was too stupid to acid etch the serial number and make it untraceable

the real question is why does anyone need an automatic assault rifle if he/she is not a member of the armed forces or police dept--
because that answer (to kill people with rapid fire power) is hard to digest, most people don't want it asked at all...

That gun is not an automatic.

[Lakewooder]

Well let's file that in the historical archives along with Highland Park's John Hinckley purchasing his pistol in Dallas. Here is a dispute about whether or not he bought it at Honest Joe's Pawn Shop:

Honest Joe? - The Education Forum

"... a car that Honest Joe drove that had a 50 caliber machine gun mounted on the hood and advertising all over it"

[momof2dfw]

Originally Posted by Lakewooder

Well let's file that in the historical archives along with Highland Park's John Hinckley purchasing his pistol in Dallas:

I say we give Ft Worth the credit for this one.


Which........ why was this posted on the Dallas forum and NOT the FTW forum????

[Lakewooder]

Yeah ABC newsman Frank Reynolds had a field day with the Hinckley Dallas connection. We were throwing pillows at our TV.