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DaveB:
Is this a hoax, there is nothing at all on USA vs Copeland that I can find?

Dan W:

--- Quote from: DaveB on September 05, 2010, 08:31:17 AM ---Is this a hoax, there is nothing at all on USA vs Copeland that I can find?

--- End quote ---

http://www.590klbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=1272077

https://www.tsra.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=256:casualty-of-the-austin-gun-show-chaos&catid=55:tripp-talk&Itemid=113

Husker_Fan:
This is from the TSRA link:


--- Quote ---On Saturday three young Hispanic men came by Mr. Copeland's table and asked about a handgun.  One wanted to make a purchase and Mr. Copeland asked him if he had identification.  The intended purchaser did not, although one in the group produced a Texas driver's license.  The three moved on.

Three times the three young man came by the table and on the third pass, the young man with the driver's license, produced the cash, and bought the handgun.   Evidently the gun was passed off, almost immediately, inside or outside the building, to another of the three.  This man, not only had no identification, he was an illegal alien.
--- End quote ---

I bet there is more to this story.  Copeland was convicted for a participating in a straw purchase.  Even if you don't have an FFL you can't sell a gun to a person you know, or have reason to know, is a prohibited person.

It could be total crap, or the jury may have gotten it right.  There is a lot of emotion and not a lot of facts put into the articles.

HenryPatrick:
Nice one ATF. I just love entrapment, it's so easy.

johncavh:
how does an illegal person have a drivers license ???????

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