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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 804182" data-attributes="member: 12952">update;cost to NY for undercover &quot;sting&quot; $100,000Bloomberg has authorized similar sting operations around the country .Jim Cavanaugh, a retired&nbsp; agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,&nbsp; where he was in charge of the Nashville division, said he didn&#039;t believe&nbsp; the sales described by the mayor were, in fact, illegal.&nbsp; &quot;It&#039;s not a prosecutable offense&quot; because the purchasers&nbsp; were not truly felons, minors or drug abusers and because they didn&#039;t&nbsp; tell the sellers definitively that they were, Cavanaugh said. As for&nbsp; Bloomberg, he said, &quot;ATF has asked him not to do it and to please&nbsp; coordinate with ATF if he thinks a violation is occurring.&quot;
In 2007, the U.S. Justice Department warned in a letter to City Hall&nbsp; that such civilian operations risk &quot;legal liabilities&quot; and can&nbsp; &quot;unintentionally interrupt or jeopardize ongoing criminal&nbsp; investigations.&quot;
The mayor conceded that most illegal guns in New York City are coming from states along the East Coast.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 804182, member: 12952"] update; cost to NY for undercover "sting" $100,000 Bloomberg has authorized similar sting operations around the country . [INDENT]Jim Cavanaugh, a retired agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he was in charge of the Nashville division, said he didn't believe the sales described by the mayor were, in fact, illegal.[/INDENT] [INDENT]"It's not a prosecutable offense" because the purchasers were not truly felons, minors or drug abusers and because they didn't tell the sellers definitively that they were, Cavanaugh said. As for Bloomberg, he said, "ATF has asked him not to do it and to please coordinate with ATF if he thinks a violation is occurring." In 2007, the U.S. Justice Department warned in a letter to City Hall that such civilian operations risk "legal liabilities" and can "unintentionally interrupt or jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations." The mayor conceded that most illegal guns in New York City are coming from states along the East Coast. [url]http://www.moonbattery.com/[/url] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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