Mount Morris Man Ropes Woman into Buying Gun for Him, Cops Arrest Both

[SecularMotion]

LIVONIA – A joint investigation by the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) resulted in the arrest of two local residents for allegedly exploiting loopholes in the law to procure a firearm.

According to a press release from Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Dale Bettis, 45, of Mount Morris, was arrested for four felony counts of Criminal Purchase or Disposal of a Weapon and Cathy Allison, 48, of Livonia, was arrested for Unlawful Private Sale of a Firearm, Shotgun, or Rifle.

The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office conducted a joint investigation with the ATF into a possible ‘straw purchase’ of a firearm that occurred in the Town of Livonia involving Bettis and Allison.

The investigation alleges that Bettis attempted to purchase firearms at an estate sale in Bergen, NY but failed the mandatory background check. Bettis then allegedly convinced Allison to purchase the firearms for him, then give him the firearms in the Town of Livonia, without going through a Federal Firearms Licensed dealer, making it impossible to trace that the firearms exchanged hands.

http://geneseesun.com/mount-morris-man-ropes-woman-into-buying-gun-for-him-cops-arrest-both/

[Duckhunter935]

1. So you are against existing law being enforced?

Who knew

[PoliticAverse]

2. If they had used a "loophole" in the law there wouldn't have been an arrest. There was no "loophole"

involved there was just an apparent violation of the law resulting in an arrest.

Using a "loophole in the law" implies that what was done was legal.

[jmg257]

3. Good deal.

"According to a press release from Sheriff Thomas Dougherty, Dale Bettis, 45, of Mount Morris, was arrested for four felony counts of Criminal Purchase or Disposal of a Weapon and Cathy Allison, 48, of Livonia, was arrested for Unlawful Private Sale of a Firearm, Shotgun, or Rifle."

[DonP]

4. Alternative headline: "Gun Law Works as Designed When Enforced"

So ... it's not really that easy to do a straw purchase after all. Your post proves you can get arrested and prosecuted for trying.

[Straw Man]

5. No "loophole."

If there had been a "loophole," he wouldn't have been arrested. It was an illegal straw purchase, pure and simple, and they got caught.

Ain't it grand when the system works?

[Eleanors38]

6. Stepped in a loop hole and someone pulled the rope? Figured it out!