Posted on 06/17/2016 1:37:58 PM PDT by SSS Two
The FBI is confirming that agents spoke last month with a Florida gun shop where Orlando shooter Omar Mateen asked to buy body armor and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition.
But the FBI says store employees did not provide any information about him, preventing "any meaningful investigative follow up."
Lotus Gunworks has said it turned Mateen away because it did not carry the style of body armor he wanted and referred him elsewhere.
Store officials told the FBI about the encounter last month when agents followed up on an unrelated investigative matter.
However, the store did not have his name, date of birth, telephone number or other information. The shop notified the FBI after the shooting to say that the unknown man who had visited them resembled the nightclub shooter.
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Different states have different laws on whether an individual may buy body armor / types of protection.
Also, California is close to approving legislation that tracks all ammo purchases, ie: a registry.
RE: “Is it illegal to sell body armor and/or ammunition?”
The bammy administration is responsible for the murders.
I see. Wonder what’s the case in Florida...?
>>The gun shop owner probably was severely warned for profiling a upstanding Muslim citizen.
I’m thinking the same thing. The only investigating probably done by the FBI was to decide if the store owner had violated the rights of the Fine Muslim Gentleman by thinking that he might be a terrorist.
The gun shop owner should have walked outside and got his license plate number.
But I am sure the shop have video. They could have pulled it.
Unlikely. They were too busy looking for right wing Christians.
Every time people are massacred by these fundamentalist Muslims, I think to myself, “Certainlt this time the majority will wake up and demand the administration do something more than bloviating “ I’m always disappointed.
After the bombing in Olypic park I realized that the FBI cannot find its azz with both hands. Somewhat comforting on a certain level. Oh wait I didn’t say that. :-)
A search shows this shop is in Jensen Beach, about 134 miles from Orlando. Why not search through the known threats within a certain radius of the store, and show photos to the gun store? More could have been done on the part of the FBI to try to identify the individual, but they are lazy dicks, who want the public to do their job for them. The FBI is great with excuses, but lack initiative.
No firearm sale no 4473
if its in jensen beach florida-lotus gunworks 3558 NW Federal Hwy
Jensen Beach, FL 34957 go to google maps i couldnt see outside cameras but if you walk inside they have a monitor showing 8 cameras to the side of entrance. they also have a monitor when you walk in the front door showing those that walk in and a couple of parking places in front.
fbi has face recognition software I dont know If
Florida Drivers Licenses are in the database now or not.
Consistently enough that it seems almost, I don’t know, deliberate.
In re: body armor, not sure whether or not illegal, but many places won't sell to anybody who isn't provably LEO (Mateen having an armed security ticket may have so 'qualified'). As far as ammo goes, no, not illegal...
the infowarrior
I have bought a Henry .22 and a Ruger Lc9s there.
They do have a surveillance system and are a very well run outfit.
FBI ha become little more than a max sennett comedy
But then you see the dictates coming from the White House and their appointed officials that the military and domestic law enforcement not use the term “Islamic terrorism” in their training and operations, and reports from ex-employees of databases that were connecting the dots on Islamic terrorism being decommissioned.
I don’t think this event is the fault of the rank and file FBI investigator. This is a direct result of Obama standing with Muslims over and above the American people.
I heard the tape was too grainy for positive ID
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