Machine Gun Gig
BY Herschel Smith4 years ago
ADDYSTON, Ohio (FOX19) – More than 2,000 pages of an internal investigation released Monday are shedding new light on what led up to the suspension and ultimately the resignation of Addyston’s police chief.
Village Council Members accepted Dorian LaCourse’s resignation in an emergency meeting Sunday.
Mayor Lisa Mear wrote in a letter to the chief when he was suspended last month that the investigation found he bought and sold guns and armor-piercing bullets without village approval or knowledge and created phony purchase orders, inflating the number of officers working in the department to do it.
LaCourse is accused of selling the weapons, which he purchased under his position as the police chief, to other entities, also without the knowledge or consent of the village council, her letter states. Records released Monday show most of the transactions were between LaCourse and Marcum Firearms and Tri-State Gun and Custom Works, both of Indiana.
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“He was buying automatic weapons cheap and selling them at a premium,” Deters told FOX19 NOW.
On March 4, 2020 at 8:54 am, Fred said:
This is 100% the fault of the NRA for preserving the “investment” in automatic weapons of it’s premium donors by supporting and continuing to support bans on Every Terrible Implement Of War. If auto arms didn’t cost up to 10k, none of this would have happened.
On March 4, 2020 at 9:13 am, X said:
“You can’t have a machine gun because you’re not special like cops.”
Ohio is actually a “shall issue” NFA state. If you manage to jump through all the ATF hoops, the state/local LEOs are required under state law to sign off on the approval form.
Unlike the cops, though, you still have to pay market prices, which are obscene because of the 1986 Federal ban on all new-manufactured full-autos for the civilian market — signed by Reagan.
Cops can get the post-1986 ones manufactured “just for them” quit a bit cheaper.
On March 4, 2020 at 2:38 pm, MTHead said:
There’s a lot of this story your not hearing. Sheriffs can have class 3 FFL’s order a gun for Demonstration. By giving the FFL a letter head request. If the sheriff doesn’t want the gun. The FFL can keep it. As long as he remains a class 3 dealer. But no money changes hands unless the sheriff buys the firearm after the demo. Otherwise he can just order the gun directly from the manufacture to his dept. No FFL involved.
If the FFL keeps the gun because the sheriff doesn’t want it. It can only be sold to another class 3 dealer, or to another government agency. Not put up for sale on gunbroker to the general public.
And none of this is done without ATF approval!
I wouldn’t put anything passed anyone in government. But the first question is; Where did you get $200,000.00 dollars out of 1,000 people to purchase “machine guns” that you can sale on the internet? And the ATF has to bring it to your attention? Holy hell lady!
On March 4, 2020 at 2:43 pm, Fred said:
@X,
TN is the same way. It still doesn’t improve cost and reduce theft and resale motives.