Garland man convicted of selling at least 135 pistols and shotguns without a license
In September a federal grand jury in Dallas indicted 68-year-old Jackie Don Burke on a single count of selling firearms without a license to do so. The government said Burke was selling weapons out of his screen-printing shop in Garland, everything from 12-gauge Winchester shotguns to .44-caliber Rugers to .22-calibers Walthers. And it took a while, but a jury finally found Burke guilty.
Court records show the trial began January 29 and wrapped one week ago today. It took the jury a couple of days to return its verdict. According to court records, some members of the jury had several questions for the judge, among them: “We would like a legal deffinition [sic] of a ‘dealer.’ Specifically how does selling consignment guns corrolate [sic] to being a dealer to being a private party.” To which District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn responded: “The court has provided to the jury all the definitions that the court can provide.”
Finally, on February 1, the jury returned its guilty verdict. The U.S. Attorney’s Office just sent a release concerning the outcome, and says the Rowlett resident faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He’ll remain free on bond till Lynn sentences him on May 24.
According to prosecutors, Burke sold at least 135 firearms out of his Garland shop over a 14-month period — one, a pistol, to an undercover agent from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Burke didn’t even ask the agent if he was a “prohibited person,” which is to say a convicted felon to whom he shouldn’t be selling the gun.
More at http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/02/garland-man-convicted-of-selling-at-least-135-pistols-and-shotguns-without-a-license.html/ .
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Let's get him for something really serious.
and such. We wonder how guns fall into illegal hands it upstanding citizens like him.
He is a right-wing Republican so you may have noticed something about the "stupid" being rampant, but he is non-violent. However, he is skeered that O-bum-ah is going to take his guns! 
