CA Police Lieutenant's home raided by ATF

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CA Police Lieutenant's home raided by ATF

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Will, be interesting to hear what caused the raid and what proof of wrongdoing they have since no charges have been filed after 3 months. Sounds like they are speculating he is reselling firearms without a license due to the number of firearms he has purchased. It also sounds like California's 'roster of approved firearms' has created a market that can only be exploited by law enforcement officers.

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Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives raided Gourdikian’s Sierra Madre home in February, taking away a total of 61 guns and gun parts, including at least 18 pistols that were “off roster.”

Officers can sell off-roster weapons to civilians, but only if they are not flipping the firearms to make a profit. An ATF notice sent to Southland law enforcement agencies in March called these sales “a growing trend” in the Los Angeles area.

Gourdikian, who served as an aide to Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez starting in June 2016, has not been charged with a crime in connection to the raid. The ATF has declined to provide details about their investigation.
“The only guns that the retailers can buy in this state from the manufacturers are models that are a couple of years old,” Michel said.

A seller might make hundreds or even thousands of dollars in profit off a single off-roster sale.

“The retailer can only sell an off-roster gun to a law enforcement officer, but the law enforcement officer can sell it to a private party,” Michel said. “It’s not illegal if you buy them for yourself and you go out and shoot it and decide you don’t like it, and you want to sell it. You just can’t have the intention to sell it to someone else when you buy it.”
Gourdikian does not have a license to sell firearms, but the list of weapons indicated he had several duplicates of off-roster pistols in his possession at the time of the raid, which some experts said could show an intent to sell. For example, Gourdikian had four Springfield Armory Operator pistols, each valued at $950, at his home.
3 of them are .45 cal 1 is .40 cal. I don't find it unusual for someone to have multiple firearms that are identical for personal use.

Glad I don't live in Kalifornia.
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