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Errant gun dealer, wary agents paved way for Beltway sniper tragedy

Number 21388
Subject Guns
Source Seattle Times
State WA
Year 2003
Publication Date April 29
Summary This story deals with the gun dealer that supplied John Muhammad, and Lee Boyd Malvo with the military weapon used in the sniper shootings. Law enforcement sources say Lee Boyd Malvo told investigators he shoplifted the gun from the Bulls Eye firing range. The store has no sales record, and can't produce records for scores of other missing guns. Bull's Eye's negligent operation and the government's timid enforcement of errant gun dealers contributed to the tragedy according to released documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and numerous interviews with current and former agency employees .
Category General
Pages 8
Keywords sniper;Bull's Eye's firing range;Lee Boyd Malvo;John Muhammad;Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms;gun supplier;ATF;ATF National Tracing Center;Bulls Eye Shooter Supply;Pacific Shooters Supply;1968 Gun Control Act;Federal Firearms License;National Rifle Association
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