Lieutenant may have used online forum to sell dozens of ‘off-roster’ guns

By Brian Seay

Pasadena Police Lt. Vasken Gourdikian appearing in a news story about body cameras in November 2016. (Photo: KABC-TV)
A police lieutenant in California who’s home was raided earlier this year may have been selling firearms on a popular online gun forum for the last four years, possibly violating state and federal laws that prevent officers from turning a profit for certain gun sales.
Federal authorities seized 57 guns from Pasadena Police Lt. Vasken Gourdikian’s Sierra Madre home in February, at least 18 of which were so-called ‘off-roster’ guns. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, an account on the Calguns website with the handle “vgourdik” posted dozens of ads to sell guns.
From 2013 until earlier this year, vgourdik posted more than 70 times offering to sell guns and gun parts, including 15 rifles and 47 pistols. At least 63 of the listings were later flagged as “sold.”
“I’m listing for an LEO (law enforcement officer) friend who qualified twice with it and carried it less than six months,” vgourdik wrote in a Calguns post offering up a Sig Sauer .45 caliber pistol. “Comes with 10 magazines which is about 200 dollars alone..Great value please pm and I can place you in touch

Source: Guns.com