Five hundred one guns, tied to one man - 36-year-old Mark Nelson, a former Columbus cop who masterminded a conspiracy that flooded the streets with weapons.Lest you think I've gone soft, I think any free adult ought to be able to sell guns to any other free adult. But I do think this former "Only One" pleading that he's a misunderstood man who just had no idea is a crock, and wouldn't be the least surprised to find he put others away during his career for firearms "offenses." If people have demonstrated they can't be trusted with one, they need to be in custodial care--or exiled.
Nelson insists he didn't knowingly do anything wrong. But prosecutors say he enlisted his family and others (including a drug dealer) to illegally acquire 501 guns, then directly - or indirectly - sold many of them.
[Via HZ]
2 comments:
wow, took them long enough to pick up on an "only one" story. Covered this one about a month ago here.
I guess that's what happens when you have authorized journalists and only ones involved.
If people have demonstrated they can't be trusted with one, they need to be in custodial care--or exiled.
Now that's a "Project Exile" I could support.
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