Read the whole article, not bad really. The problem is that ATF dropped the ball. They knew he was dealing guns, not just a citizen conducting legal private sales. Wouldn’t be surprised in details to find that the ATF and others were tracking and monitoring all of this. The number of guns trading hands was substantial. Interesting how quickly they tracked back the gun once it was used. Yes, bet they or other law enforcement folks were neck deep in this.
Fast and Furious II?
The ATF doesn’t have the man power to track all these sales.
I asked an ATF agent what process should I follow if I ever had a break in and firearms were stolen. Simple, file a police report, then file ATF Form 3310.11 and that’s that.
If it shows up elsewhere, they’ll deal with it then.
When I sell firearms, I send them to another FFL and the customer has to go through form 4473; the firearm is closed out in my book. No matter what other state laws are, I always work with another FFL first and last when it is not local to me.