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  • Detroit gun dealer shouldn't face charges for alleged "straw buy"

    06/16/2004 12:28:58 PM PDT · by wmichgrad · 26 replies · 291+ views
    MLive.com ^ | June 16, 2004 | The Associated Press
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A gun dealer should not face a misdemeanor charge for selling a firearm to an undercover law enforcement officer who indicated it was for an underage person who didn't have a license, the Michigan Supreme Court said in a decision released Wednesday. The court ruled that longtime Detroit gun dealer General Laney didn't violate federal or state statutes that allow licensed 18-year-olds to buy or receive a pistol from a private party, but prohibits them from purchasing a gun from a federally licensed gun dealer. In April 1999, two Wayne County sheriff's deputies — Walter Epps...