North Carolina: Gunshops can keep licenses, judge says

[308Mike]

Linkarooni - Take THAT BATFU-boys!

Published on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Gunshops can keep licenses, judge says

By Paul Woolverton
Staff writer

A federal judge decided Tuesday that Jim’s Gun Jobbery of Fayetteville and the Jim’s store in Wilmington can keep their licenses to sell firearms.

Jim’s Gun Jobbery in Fayetteville and Jim’s Pawn & Gun in Wilmington sometimes violated regulations requiring dealers to closely track their inventory, U.S. District Judge Malcolm J. Howard said in his ruling. But he decided the violations were unintentional and made up only a tiny percentage of the stores’ sales since Jim Faircloth went into business in 1977.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has been trying since 2005 to revoke the licenses of Jim’s, said to be the largest gun dealer in North Carolina. The ATF said the stores repeatedly lost track of guns in their inventory over an eight-year period and had not resolved the problem despite repeated warnings.

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[Erik]

The ATF said the stores repeatedly lost track of guns in their inventory over an eight-year period and had not resolved the problem despite repeated warnings.

Is this the same ATF that lost track of the firearms they had?

[clyde621]

What I didn't like in the report was the last statement.

U.S. Attorney George Holding declined to comment on the ruling.

Beaver said he expects the government to appeal the decision

If the gov can't beat you in court they will try to bankrupt you by constant appealing. The ole saying "that aint right" applies here.

[308Mike]

Yeah, but now his lawyers have some new ammo to throw at them in court - a government report about their own agency losing firearms and other equipment.

[Jered]

The ATF said the stores repeatedly lost track of guns in their inventory over an eight-year period and had not resolved the problem despite repeated warnings.

Is this the same ATF that lost track of the firearms they had?

The difference is that we're paying for the guns the ATF lost.

[308Mike]

The ATF said the stores repeatedly lost track of guns in their inventory over an eight-year period and had not resolved the problem despite repeated warnings.

Is this the same ATF that lost track of the firearms they had?

The difference is that we're paying for the guns the ATF lost.

AND we're PAYING THEM to lose them!!