New York City sting spotlights ease of buying guns at shows
By Aman Ali
Mon Jan 31, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An undercover sting at a Phoenix gun show found dealers sold weapons like the one used in the Tucson shooting rampage to questionable buyers without conducting background checks, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.
Investigators working for New York City, prompted by the Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, bought 9mm handguns at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix and secretly videotaped the transactions, Bloomberg said.
The mayor showed videotapes to the media of the January 23 sales at a news conference.
"You can still walk into a gun show and buy a 9mm in the same time it would take to buy a hamburger and fries at McDonalds," Bloomberg said.
(Original here.)
Mon Jan 31, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An undercover sting at a Phoenix gun show found dealers sold weapons like the one used in the Tucson shooting rampage to questionable buyers without conducting background checks, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday.
Investigators working for New York City, prompted by the Tucson shooting that killed six people and injured 13, bought 9mm handguns at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Phoenix and secretly videotaped the transactions, Bloomberg said.
The mayor showed videotapes to the media of the January 23 sales at a news conference.
"You can still walk into a gun show and buy a 9mm in the same time it would take to buy a hamburger and fries at McDonalds," Bloomberg said.
(Original here.)
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