FBI Agent busted for selling guns to Mexican drug dealers

[Guns4Fun]

See, 99% of the guns in Mexico must come from the U.S . The freeking FBI is selling them to them.


http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/us..._BRF.html?_r=1


Texas: Agent Arrested in Gun Case

JAMES C. McKINLEY JR.

Published: July 9, 2009

An F.B.I. agent in El Paso has been arrested and charged with dealing guns, some of which ended up being used in gunfights between the authorities and drug dealers in Mexico, law enforcement officials said. The agent, John T. Shipley, was indicted Wednesday on charges he dealt firearms without a license for more than two years, buying the weapons from dealers on the Internet and then reselling them to unidentified buyers. Mr. Shipley sold more than 50 weapons, the indictment said. Some were recovered after shootouts between the Mexican Army and drug dealers in Chihuahua on March 8 last year that left seven dead, officials said. Mr. Shipley, who was released on bond this week, has been suspended without pay since March 2009, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

[dc dalton]

Well now, don't that stick a torn in Pelosi and Hillary's bottoms?

So now when they come out with all their bullshit they can stop busting our balls and start busting the FBIs balls right?

[mikey]

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[ehidle]

I got $10 that says he walks, and gets his job back.....with full back pay.

To top that off, he will file suit and be awarded $10,000,000 for wrongful arrest.

He will certainly walk, that's for sure. No doubt about it.

[d90king]

How the hell is he going to walk if they have 50 guns worth of evidence? Was it a sting?

[Adam-12]

Well damn! Pelosi, Obama 'n them were right all along! Mexican criminals ARE getting their guns from the US. We'd better act immediately to stop the flow of these illegal arms. It's clear what we must do, gentlemen: we must immediately disarm all cops.

[unclejumbo]

Need more information. Was he selling to bad guys or was he getting some good buys on Gunbroker and then selling them FTF to Texas residents. If he was breaking the law then he will suffer the consequences. If he was just buying and selling the way a lot of us do, then he should get off. Let's get some facts before we decide he was a bad LEO. OK?

[Adam-12]

Let's get some facts before we decide he was a bad LEO. OK?

Well, if you insist.

The article says he sold firearms "without a license" to "unidentified" persons. "Unlicensed" suggests he doesn't have an FFL. "Unidentified" suggests he didn't go through an FFL; otherwise, they'd be identified in the FFL's records.

That's not enough to conclude he knew the buyers were prohibited persons--or even that they were prohibited persons. The firearms could have been stolen from buyers who weren't prohibited, for all the article tells us.

But it sounds like they have him dead to rights on selling guns without the required paperwork. Since that's the only charge mentioned, that might be ALL they have on him.

[Nic]

Wonder how the anit's will spin this to their favor.

[Bravo Whiskey]

Lets just hope that they enforce the existing laws and nothing else will be needed.