you may be right, but it was a for profit operation for him, considering the volume: "purchased more than 150 guns between May 2021 and Feb. 27, 2024, which he then resold without a firearms license".
so if he was selling to gangbangers - frankly i see no reason to cry over his fate too much. people like that are the reason why law abiding people are getting raped by atf for no good reason.
He was such a dangerous criminal that they... *checks notes* ...didn't even have a warrant for his arrest. Just to search his home, which they could have done without him.
Yeah, it’s not like we haven’t heard of other recent cases of the ATF charging collectors/people who buy and sell lots of guns just to try them and realize they don’t want them. The ATF has a new definition of “in the business of selling firearms” thanks to Congress changing some language from the law. We’re all at risk of this type of shit if we sell a gun for more money than we bought it for.