OK, then why did the article have to state that he was “accused of using the weapons?”
Seems entirely superfluous to the actual charges.
I think it comes from the “charged patrons to fire police department weapons in a public “machine gun shoot” he advertised on Facebook”
I haven’t heard of any PD doing something like this. Seems more like a gun shop stunt - I guess it’s ok, unless he pocketed the fee collected from the shooters?
Smells of self-dealing. At a minimum.
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