Posted May 3, 2017 9:35 am by Comments

By Beth Baumann

gun sales

Former Boston police officer Adarbaad Karani was charged with the straw purchasing of guns that were meant for law enforcement only. The 37-year-old purchased a .40-caliber GLOCK 27 and .45-caliber GLOCK 30S on behalf of acquaintances. He had claimed the firearms would be used for law enforcement purposes and not resold. The firearms were later found in the possession of a Columbia Point Dawgs gang member.

Karani was indicted on two counts of making false statement during a firearm purchase and two counts of making a false statement on record.

“Karani allegedly bought the guns in 2014 and September 2015. One of them was discovered in the possession of a Columbia Point Dawgs gang member in November 2015,” the Boston Herald reports.

According to the suspect’s lawyer, J.W. Carney, Karani did something that’s common practice: purchasing a firearm with a law enforcement discount and then transferring the gun over to his friends. Once the guns were transferred to his friends, one of the firearms were stolen.

Karani claims his friend reported the gun was stolen from his car.

“This is the latest example of federal prosecutors bringing serious criminal charges that were not warranted by the facts,” Carney said. “This abuse …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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