The Brady Bunch issued a presser that congratulates Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City of New York for the historic settlement announced today with two Georgia gun dealers. No details of the settlement. Seems odd. I wonder if the settlement is NYC pays the dealers money and they don’t sue NYC? The Bradies stick to the lie that gun dealers who were caught red-handed making illegal sales when the only law-breaking that has been confirmed is that NYC’s investigators broke the law by lying on Form 4473.

If anyone has the settlement details, let me know.

Update: Whoop, there it is:

Less than three months after announcing a groundbreaking lawsuit against 15 gun dealers in five states that sold guns illegally, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, joined by Corporation Counsel Michael A. Cardozo, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Criminal Justice Coordinator John Feinblatt, today announced that two of those gun dealers have agreed to a landmark settlement – providing for a Special Master selected by the City and appointed by the court to monitor their firearms sales activities. A-1 Jewelry and Pawn, Inc., of Augusta, Georgia and AAA Gun & Pawn Brokers of Hephzibah, Georgia have both agreed to submit to close monitoring of their records and inventory, which may include videotaping of their sales activities and continued undercover surveillance. The Special Master will ensure that each dealer is in full compliance with all laws regulating the sales and purchase of firearms. No other city or state has ever won such an agreement. A-1 Jewelry and Pawn and AAA Gun & Pawn were among the 15 gun dealers named in the New York City lawsuit filed on May 15 and currently pending in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

So, the little dealers who don’t have Bob Barr representing them caved to avoid a court battle would be my guess. More:

“The City has obtained substantially stronger monitoring of sales and better dealer education, at no cost to the dealer. Both sides will benefit – the dealers will receive training in preventing gun trafficking, and the City will be protected from gun traffickers, with penalties on the dealers if they fail to comply with the agreement.”

As part of the agreement, a Special Master will be appointed and paid for by the City. The Special Master will have broad powers to monitor the gun dealers including unlimited review of firearms-related records, which include trace requests and multiple handgun sale reports, as well as the ability to conduct unrestricted inspections of all firearm inventories. Employees will receive enhanced training to ensure these dealers conduct legal firearm sales and more readily identify straw purchasers.

So, the city of New York is going to monitor (and pay for it) two small pawn shops in Georgia? Doesn’t sound like much to me other than a symbolic victory, which may be all they’re after.

More as I get it.

Update 2: Well, that seems to be it. Doesn’t seem very historic.

Posted in uncategorized on August 1st, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |