Some pawn shops have settled and there’s a counter suit in the works after Bloomberg’s investigators broke the law. One guy isn’t settling:

Dennis Alverson said he has received offers from New York City to settle a lawsuit the city brought against his Old Dominion Gun & Tackle shop in Danville.

No deal.

“I’m not in agreement with either of them,” he said during a recent phone interview.

On the case:

Private investigators employed by New York would enter the stores in pairs. One would make inquiries about purchasing the gun and the other – who was uninvolved in the process – filled out the required federal forms to pass the background test.

The city contends that federal law prohibits licensed dealers from selling firearms to someone when the dealer has a reasonable belief that the weapon is being sold to someone other than the buyer.

Federal law also prohibits people from putting incorrect info on the forms to buy a firearm, which the investigators did. More:

In Danville, Alverson bristles at the suggestion that he is a rogue dealer and notes he is in compliance with all state and federal regulations.

“If we were doing anything wrong, we would not be in business because [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] would shut us down,” he said.

Alverson said his clients know he has done nothing wrong and the suit has not affected his business.

Posted in uncategorized on August 28th, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |