Feds arrest Canadian gun dealer in washington

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SEATTLE (AP) -- Federal agents have arrested a Canadian gun dealer who they say entered the U.S. as a visitor, then picked up weapons in Oregon.

Oliver King -- also known as Hamid Malekpour -- was arrested Wednesday in Ferndale, near the Canadian border. Agents say he entered the U.S. at Blaine the previous night, lied about why he had a new passport and lied when he said he was going to pick up his wife at a Bellingham mall.

They tailed him to McMinnville, Ore., where he went to a gun shop and loaded his car with four guns and 480 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition. Agents say he then drove north to a Ferndale storage unit where he had $30,000 worth of sniper rifles, handguns and ammo.

King made an initial appearance Thursday at U.S. District Court in Seattle on charges of making false statements and being an alien in possession of firearms.



http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/may/20/feds-arrest-canadian-gun-dealer-in-us/

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[Gunner3456]

They tailed him to McMinnville, Ore., where he went to a gun shop and loaded his car with four guns and 480 rounds of .50-caliber ammunition. Agents say he then drove north to a Ferndale storage unit where he had $30,000 worth of sniper rifles, handguns and ammo.

I guess it wouldn't be PC for the MSM to point out that the bubblegum is a bubblegumming Muslim, would it?

But that's OK. MOST Muslims are really good guys, so they tell me.

I'm sure he meant no harm.

 

[Jamie6.5]

I'm sure he meant no harm too Gunner,...

And I am also sure the PC crowd is going to say the only reason they tailed him was because they used "racial profiling" as grounds to suspect him

 

[Sawdust]

Here is some interesting bits of information.

"The Iranian native also lied about why he had a new Canadian passport just issued that morning, the complaint said. He told border guards that his old one had gone through the wash, but agents found it during a secondary inspection - with no water damage.
The old one, which was not set to expire until 2013, had been canceled, but it was not immediately clear why. It had three visas for Iran, two issued last year and one issued this year."

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[BigBull 301]

Give him a fair trial and hang his a$$

 

[Gunner3456]

Here is some interesting bits of information.

"The Iranian native also lied about why he had a new Canadian passport just issued that morning, the complaint said. He told border guards that his old one had gone through the wash, but agents found it during a secondary inspection - with no water damage.
The old one, which was not set to expire until 2013, had been canceled, but it was not immediately clear why. It had three visas for Iran, two issued last year and one issued this year."

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"Amir Zarandi, who owns the Oregon gun shop, McMinnville Hunting and Police Supplies, said King is a consultant and has bought weapons there for years."

Amir Zarandi. Hmm. Sounds Scottish Catholic to me.

 

[jordanvraptor]

More Zoroastrian I think...

 

[Sawdust]

Now remember boys and girls.......Profiling is WRONG.

 

[Gunner3456]

Now remember boys and girls.......Profiling is WRONG.

My apologies to the Scottish Catholics. I'm SO ashamed.

 

[Trlsmn]

How was a Canadian able to buy gun's at a Gun store and pass a background check?

 

[Blitzkrieg]

"Amir Zarandi, who owns the Oregon gun shop, McMinnville Hunting and Police Supplies, said King is a consultant and has bought weapons there for years."

Amir Zarandi. Hmm. Sounds Scottish Catholic to me.

I'm sure he and Hamid Malekpour had no prior associations, just in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

[Gunner3456]

I'm sure he and Hamid Malekpour had no prior associations, just in the wrong place at the wrong time

Stop profiling. Act stupid.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Stop profiling. Act stupid.

Idiocracy?

 

[Redcap]

Hang his flappy-headed ***.

 

[husker]

How was a Canadian able to buy gun's at a Gun store and pass a background check?

Yes this. I think more than one guy should go down for this.

 

[Atroxus]

How was a Canadian able to buy gun's at a Gun store and pass a background check?

Yeah, that! I really hope that the shop that sold him the guns is being thoroughly investigated as well. Although personally I would have kept the arrest of the canadian under wraps and put the gun shop under surveilance to see how many other aliens purchase guns there.

 

[CEF1959]

How was a Canadian able to buy gun's at a Gun store and pass a background check?

Given that the whole thing seems to have been a huge bundle of illegality, that seems like kind of a naive question. I'm sure we haven't heard the end of this. I'm guessing there's a lot to unravel here.

 

[Trlsmn]

Given that the whole thing seems to have been a huge bundle of illegality, that seems like kind of a naive question. I'm sure we haven't heard the end of this. I'm guessing there's a lot to unravel here.

Well to be honest I am naive in how this was done, fake ID?

 

[m1gunr]

My apologies to the Scottish Catholics. I'm SO ashamed.

As long as it wasn't directed to Scottish Kentuckians, I take no offense.

 

[CEF1959]

Well to be honest I am naive in how this was done, fake ID?

If the dealer in Oregon was crooked, the buyer wouldn't need ID (fake or real). It's not impossible for an FFL to sell weapons without a background check; just illegal.