Entrapment or Enforcement? Chicago Gun Dealer Edition

By Robert Farago

I’ve railed against “stings” many times in these electronic pages. It’s lazy, inherently corrupt police work that puts the government on a slippery slope to tyranny (creating criminals to control the populace). In a previous post, we detailed an ATF “sting” that yielded “especially lethal” firearms christened “ghost guns.” To paraphrase Blue Peter‘s catchphrase, here’s some ATF entrapment they prepared earlier [via chicago.cbslocal.com] . . .

A Elwood gun dealer was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for selling nearly a dozen firearms to buyers who were not legally allowed to purchase the weapons.

Patrick S. Keiran, 41, pleaded guilty in April to one count of selling a firearm to a prohibited person. In addition to the four-year prison term, Kerian was imposed to three years supervised release, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Sounds bad right? Lock Keiran up! And now the money shot . . .

Keiran, a federally licensed firearms dealer since April 2013, sold 11 weapons to an undercover officer who told Keiran he couldn’t pass the required background check and a convicted felon, according to the statement.

On May 29, 2014, Keiran sold three 9mm handguns for $960 to …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns