Wow: A Baltimore County gun dealer charged with illegally providing weapons to a man who died in a firefight with police last year received today a five-year suspended prison sentence and one year of probation. Sanford M. Abrams entered an Alford plea in Baltimore County Circuit Court, in which he did not admit guilt but […]

Bitter has a lot more on Sandy Abrams. This time, it’s factual stuff and not Brady Bunch bleating. Turns out, even the machine gun charge is a technical violation as the paperwork for it was in process.

From a presser by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Ownership: Gun Lobbyist and Gun Dealer Sandy Abrams Heads to Trial for Illegal Assault Weapon Sales, Cited for 900 Federal Gun Law Violations Over Nearly a Decade I’m not particularly familiar with the case but I do know that Abrams had said that he was […]

Bitter notes that Sandy Abrams has quietly resigned from the NRA’s Board of Directors.

From The Brady Campaign: The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence today issued a study which thoroughly dismantles the gun industry claim that federal law enforcement authorities penalize gun dealers for mere “trivial violations” of gun laws unrelated to public safety. Instead the study found that federal action against gun dealers typically occurs only after […]

See background on Sandy Abrams loss of his FFL here. Via PGP, comes this bit by John Lott in the other biased Washington Paper: The Washington Post’s front page on Sunday illustrated the problems with both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives abuses as well as the media’s out-of-control attacks. The article examined […]