Seems facts sometimes get skewed into propaganda this is an official release from the Austin P.D.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2010
Contact: Public Information Office, 974-5017
Gun Shows at 10601 North Lamar Boulevard
Federal Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) agents worked
cooperatively with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(ATF) agents last year in a long-term operation targeting illegal gun trafficking that
was stemming from local gun shows. Austin Police Department Firearm Review
Unit detectives assisted in the Austin portion of the operation. They observed and
participated in multiple arrests of prohibited persons (primarily convicted felons
and illegal immigrants) that obtained firearms illegally at a local gun show.
Federal convictions were obtained in a majority of the cases.
Virtually all of these sales to prohibited persons were made by unlicensed dealers
or private citizens, both inside the gun show and in the parking lot of the gun
show. While the sale of firearms between private citizens is not illegal, the
anonymity of these sales in or around the event created an easy avenue for illegal
immigrants or convicted felons to acquire firearms. Because of this recurring
activity at a single location, the Firearm Review Unit referred the case over to the
APD Nuisance Abatement Unit.
Due to the history of criminal activity at the gun show, the Nuisance Abatement
Unit scheduled a meeting between the property lessee (HEB Grocery), the
building sub-lessee (Andrew Perkel a.k.a Austin Market Place), the event
promoter (Darwin Boedecker-Texas Gun Shows) and ATF. During this meeting,
APD along with ATF offered to all parties, recommendations to curb the illegal
activity that had been documented in the past. At the conclusion of the meeting
the lessee agreed that the recommendations should be followed and instructed
their sub-lessee to follow the recommendations. The sub-lessee then informed
the event promoter to implement the recommendations at the next show. The
recommendations that the lessee directed the sub-lessee and the event promoter
to follow were:
1. Only licensed gun dealers are allowed to sell firearms at the gun shows
2. The promoter will provide on-site security to prevent parking lot gun sales
3. The promoter will define a process for people other than licensed dealers that
show up with a gun that they want to sell
There was an understanding that the January 16-17, 2010 gun show would follow
these recommendations.
Media Advisory: APD personnel will be available for an interview at 3:00 pm today
at the headquarters building. Please call PIO if you plan to attend.
http://www.infowars.com/media/011910_gunshow.pdf
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 19, 2010
Contact: Public Information Office, 974-5017
Gun Shows at 10601 North Lamar Boulevard
Federal Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (ICE) agents worked
cooperatively with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(ATF) agents last year in a long-term operation targeting illegal gun trafficking that
was stemming from local gun shows. Austin Police Department Firearm Review
Unit detectives assisted in the Austin portion of the operation. They observed and
participated in multiple arrests of prohibited persons (primarily convicted felons
and illegal immigrants) that obtained firearms illegally at a local gun show.
Federal convictions were obtained in a majority of the cases.
Virtually all of these sales to prohibited persons were made by unlicensed dealers
or private citizens, both inside the gun show and in the parking lot of the gun
show. While the sale of firearms between private citizens is not illegal, the
anonymity of these sales in or around the event created an easy avenue for illegal
immigrants or convicted felons to acquire firearms. Because of this recurring
activity at a single location, the Firearm Review Unit referred the case over to the
APD Nuisance Abatement Unit.
Due to the history of criminal activity at the gun show, the Nuisance Abatement
Unit scheduled a meeting between the property lessee (HEB Grocery), the
building sub-lessee (Andrew Perkel a.k.a Austin Market Place), the event
promoter (Darwin Boedecker-Texas Gun Shows) and ATF. During this meeting,
APD along with ATF offered to all parties, recommendations to curb the illegal
activity that had been documented in the past. At the conclusion of the meeting
the lessee agreed that the recommendations should be followed and instructed
their sub-lessee to follow the recommendations. The sub-lessee then informed
the event promoter to implement the recommendations at the next show. The
recommendations that the lessee directed the sub-lessee and the event promoter
to follow were:
1. Only licensed gun dealers are allowed to sell firearms at the gun shows
2. The promoter will provide on-site security to prevent parking lot gun sales
3. The promoter will define a process for people other than licensed dealers that
show up with a gun that they want to sell
There was an understanding that the January 16-17, 2010 gun show would follow
these recommendations.
Media Advisory: APD personnel will be available for an interview at 3:00 pm today
at the headquarters building. Please call PIO if you plan to attend.
http://www.infowars.com/media/011910_gunshow.pdf
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