Calif gun dealer charged with illegal arms sales
Calif gun dealer charged with illegal arms sales
Posted: Sep 03, 2010 4:23 PM MST
Updated: Sep 03, 2010 4:50 PM MST
Web Producer: Beau Rawlins
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal prosecutors are charging a licensed Modesto gun dealer with making illegal sales of arms to agents posing as Mexican nationals.
Robert John Ronning owns Ronning Arms Inc. He was arrested Thursday in connection to a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigation that began in February 2009 and led to
the seizure of drugs and weapons, some of them from Ronning Arms.
After the arrest of the initial targets, undercover agents bought silencers, assault weapons and a machine gun from Ronning himself.
U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner says selling guns to people without identification allows weapons to be trafficked back to Mexico, where can they fuel drug violence.
Ronning faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
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