Editors Note: The following press release is directly from ATF. Regular readers of AmmoLand News know our stance on the unaccountable Federal Agency: No comment. We invite our readers to leave their hard-hitting insights in the comments below.
URBANA, Ill. – -(AmmoLand.com)-An Urbana, Illinois, woman, Lawanda Rogers (formerly Moore), age 31, of the 1100 block of East Willard Street, was sentenced on July 12, 2022, to six months in prison for unlawfully transferring firearms to prohibited persons.
At the sentencing hearing, the government detailed how four firearms lawfully purchased by Moore were ultimately seized from two felons during subsequent criminal investigations. Moore’s husband possessed one firearm that had been purchased by Moore. The firearm was seized from a hotel room along with various narcotics in October 2015. Moore’s boyfriend was in possession of three firearms that were seized in November 2018 and June 2019 that had similarly been purchased by Moore. The three firearms seized from Moore’s boyfriend were confiscated by police during drug investigations, with one being used in a shooting in Champaign.
At the hearing, U.S. District Judge Michael M. Mihm emphasized the seriousness of Moore’s conduct, noting the dangerousness of buying firearms to then provide them to those unable to lawfully purchase firearms.
Moore was sentenced following a guilty plea. Unlawful transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person carries a statutory penalty of up to ten years in prison.
“This case demonstrates clearly that those who purchase firearms for others will be held accountable,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Rachel Ritzer. “This sentence is a step forward in the fight against gun violence in our communities and sends a message to others engaged in the same dangerous behavior that it will not be tolerated.”
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Champaign Street Crimes Task Force; and Champaign Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ritzer represented the government in the prosecution.
Chicago Field Division
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
ATF is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating violations of the federal firearms and explosives laws and regulations. More information about ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Only six months yet 40 years was possible. Not just guns to prohited persons but also drugs. Besides Federal law the Illinois law was also ineffective.
The right to keep and bear arms applies to anyone who is not in jail or the loony farm —- even if they are a dirtbag. What the atfe, the court, the lawyers and anyone who helped them did is treasonous and tyrannical and deserves the punishment for the capitol crimes they have committed. The day is coming. There will be a reckoning.
Arm up and carry on
Depends brand butt covers never leak or fall off. I reccommend you try them for your problem.
6 months in the slammer. Thats it. I bet she walks in 6 weeks. If the US had the punishments of the Arab world for crime there would be far less of it. The American ban on cruel and unusual punishment of criminals is a reward to them. Public hangings, and stoning for capital crimes would be a great deterrence to those who are considering a life of crime.
the 5 pack of Anderson lowers
I sense a superiority complex on the part of the arresting officers in this video. They do not feel that their pointing of a loaded weapon at a non-violent person, Federal Agent or not, is improper.
When any person points a loaded weapon at me, I feel that I have a similar obligation to do that to them. In fact, maybe they should get on the ground.
HLB
My understanding is that multiple purchase form is only filled out for multiple handguns. Could have been more than one of either rifle, handgun or shotgun though…. Any FFLs want to provide definitive answer?
Whew! That was close!
Musicman, were these new guns or old, worn out ones? I never had one of those but occasionally toy with the idea of buying one. I have heard the Charter versions had problems but thought the Henry’s were supposedly squares away.
He was lucky he was not shot dead. Too bad
Arm up and carry on