Media Contagion Effect: 19-year-Old Convicted in England

By Dean Weingarten

U.K. –-(Ammoland.com)- A young man in the United Kingdom has been arrested, tried and convicted of attempting to possess a pistol and ammunition with the intent of endangering life. In June of 2018, he purchased a Glock 17 and five rounds of ammunition on the dark web. The cost was £300 in bitcoin. The papers in the UK say the pistol and ammunition were intercepted at the Newark Airport in New Jersey. That is probably true. Many of these sorts of actions are preceded by a “sting”. I would not be surprised if the firearm and ammunition were ordered in a sting operation. From the dailymail.co.uk:

A teenager who saw Anders Breivik and those behind the Columbine High School massacre as his ‘poster boys’ was today convicted of attempting to possess a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

Kyle Davies, 19, ordered a Glock 17 handgun and five rounds of ammunition from an online gun dealer on the dark web after developing a ‘deep and persistent’ interest in mass shootings during his A-Levels.

The order purchased by Bitcoin was intercepted by Homeland Security at Newark Airport …Read the Rest

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