Top Northern California gun dealer may close - can't account for 2000 guns

[Kadie]

Top Northern California gun dealer may close
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Monday, April 3, 2006


(04-03) 13:15 PDT SAN LEANDRO -- Trader Sports, one of the largest firearms dealers in Northern California, could be shut down June 1 because the San Leandro business cannot account for nearly 2,000 guns it has sold, federal officials said.

In documents filed with the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says that store owner Tony Cucchiara violated federal law by failing to properly document the acquisition and sale of 1,767 weapons. Cucchiara blames the problem on clerical errors made by store employees.

The government doesn't buy that explanation and is scheduled to revoke Cucchiara's federal firearms license June 1. Cucchiara, who has owned Trader Sports since 1958, plans to appeal, saying the ATF is harassing him, according to the documents.

ATF officials said a company inventory conducted in September of 2003 found 3,659 firearms on the premises -- but the store's acquisition and disposition records showed it was supposed to have 9,100 firearms in its inventory.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/03/MNGIKI2J9E27.DTL

[BlackHeart]

1. Oops!

But hey they were just guns.

[TomInTib]

2. Same thing happened to the shop that sold the rifle to the

sniper guy in DC a few years ago.

[Virginia Dare]

3. So how many more guns will he lose between now and June 1st?

...can't imagine where those guns might have ended up...

:grr: