New Mexico Gun Dealer Accused Of Helping Arm Felons?

By Tom Knighton

The vast majority of gun dealers are good, honest people who have to navigate through reams and reams of regulations in order to conduct a modest business selling firearms. However, there is always the possibility of a few bad actors giving the others a bad name.

For example, this dealer in New Mexico is accused of doing just that.

A firearms dealer is accused of helping a felon and others get guns while skipping the background check.

The indictment filed on Oct. 24 states Robert Real’s wife and daughter were his employees and were also involved in suspicious sales between March 2016 and February 2017.

“I am very concerned because he could be selling to the wrong people,” said Rachel Valencia of Espanola.

According to the indictment, the family would go to New Mexico gun shows and would sell firearms without doing a background check “in order to make the biggest profit.”

In other instances, the family wouldn’t wait the required three-day standard delay period, the documents say. Instead, they allegedly lied about the sale date.

While many in the firearm community take issue with gun laws on general principle, correctly noting that the Second Amendment says our rights to “keep …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms