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PoliticAverse

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6. It sounds like they think it was a 'straw purchase'.

Reply to janx (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 04:46 PM

Dec 2012

"She purchased the weapons legally, and they were stolen," Nguyen's lawyer, Dave Palmiere, said Friday.
Palmiere said the charges are related to the .223-caliber Bushmaster rifle and a Mossberg 12-guage shotgun,
not the handgun that was also in Spengler's possession. He said Nguyen doesn't recall whether she reported the guns stolen.

(From http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/194055/37/Greece-Woman-Arrested-in-Connection-with-Guns-Used-in-Webster-Shootings _

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NY woman charged in connection with ambush slaying of 2 firefighters; police cite link to guns [View all] Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP

WTSP story on the issue... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #1

So the ATF and police think she sold him the guns? janx Dec 2012 #2

It sounds like they think it was a 'straw purchase'. PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #6

"law enforcement officials will hold a press conference Friday at 4:00 p.m. in Rochester." PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #3

Thanks for the link to the live coverage! janx Dec 2012 #5

like David Gregory. no knee jerks PatrynXX Dec 2012 #4

There is more than were hearing on this ... Historic NY Dec 2012 #7

I can't get the stream--it keeps getting knocked out. janx Dec 2012 #8

Wow I know someone with the last name of Nguyen in central NY. aandegoons Dec 2012 #9

It's a very common Vietnamese name. n/t janx Dec 2012 #10

It'd be possible to say so in Central NY, alp227 Dec 2012 #11

It's an extremely common last name for Vietnamese Marrah_G Dec 2012 #12

Thanks I didn't know that. aandegoons Dec 2012 #13

"She later called the deputy and admitted she bought the guns for Spengler, police said Friday." PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #14

You called it. janx Dec 2012 #16

Every "legitimate" gun store owner knows he or she is selling to a percentage of straw purchasers alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #15

How to go about it though? janx Dec 2012 #17

Exactly...in the nearby city where I live the majority of guns come from Historic NY Dec 2012 #18

I hope she rots in jail for a very long time. SpartanDem Dec 2012 #19