Mobile Gun Shop Owner Arrested

Alabama Mobile  Larry McCoy is charged with illegally selling firearms.
by Steve Alexander
Published: Thu, August 13, 2009 - 7:15 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, August 13, 2009 - 9:22 pm CST
The attorney for a Mobile gun shop owner charged with illegally selling firearms is speaking out on the arrest of his client.
Police and federal agents arrested Larry McCoy after raiding his store Thursday.
McCoy is charged with selling a gun to a convicted felon and falsifying records.
Larry McCoy is the owner of Larry's Gun Shop.
Officials with the U.S Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on April 11, McCoy sold a semi-automatic shotgun to a convicted felon who was working as a government informant.
Mobile Police Chief Phillip Garrett said, "I take it as a very serious set of offenses. I take the whole situation as very serious."
A federal grand jury indicted McCoy on nine felony and misdemeanor counts.
The indictment said McCoy also falsified records, selling guns to people while listing the name of someone else as the buyer.
Chief Garrett said, "What brought this investigation, or initiated the investigation, was complaints from people, the public, that their children had come home with assault-type weapons, that were under the age of 18, that had brought the weapons home and said they got it from this gun shop."
Clara Carley said she's McCoy's sister-in-law.
Carley said McCoy "keeps meticulous records. This is a bunch of baloney."
Bob Clark is McCoy's attorney.
Clark said, "I know the government works slow, but this is kind of ridiculous, isn't it? I mean, he's been selling guns since 2007 and they haven't done anything and now they're suddenly, he's some kind of a menace or whatever?"
Carley added, "He dots his 'I's' and crosses his 'T's, so this is hogwash."
McCoy pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Chief Garrett said if he's found guilty on the felony counts alone, McCoy could face up to 30 years in prison.


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Yeah, Fox, how dare you? smile

Actually, it’s a good point. I’ll rephrase what I said to I’ll be very very surprised and astonished if the charges are sustained. I still believe Larry is too intelligent to do something so incredibly stupid, but we’ll just have to wait and see how it plays out.

But my God, man! Cowboy Bob?

Common sense isn’t.

Ex cons and children need to defend themselves too. Let’s skip the semi-autos and issue them RPGs.

Now Fox, how dare you bring common sense to this civil discussion…....

Larry sure seems to have his friends/supporters, and y’all may be absolutely correct about him; but none of you know for a fact what may have happened.

Although I support gun rights & owners, I also support the law in trying to keep these same weapons away from dangerous yahoos. 

I say we give the law/courts an opportunity to hear both sides of this story.  Then we can either praise (or hang) Larry.

Bikermike: Do yourself a favor and research these things before you post them as fact. SB-2099 as quoted by you is from 2000 and has been dead for several years. Bobby Rush has been introducing HR-45 every year since he was first elected and it has gotten nowhere every year.

Speaking of things that are going nowhere, though, these charges against Larry McCoy are completely bogus. I’ve known Larry for years and there is no way he would do any of what he’s been accused of. No way at all.

This whole thing sounds liike a big huge pile of government poop!!!

To find out about this - go to any government website and type in HR 45 or Google HR 45 Blair Holt Firearm Licensing & Record of Sales Act of 2009. You will get all the information.
Basically this would make it illegal to own a firearm - any rifle with a clip or ANY pistol unless:  It is registered -You are fingerprinted -You supply a current Driver’s   License -You supply your Social Security # -You will submit to a physical & mental evaluation at any time of their   choosing. Each update change or ownership through private or public sale must be reported and costs $25 - Failure to do so you   automatically lose the right to own a firearm and are subject up to a year in jail. - There is a child provision clause on page 16 section 305 stating a child-access >  provision. Gun must be locked and inaccessible to any child under 18. They would have the right to come and inspect that you are storing your gun safely away from accessibility to children and fine is punishable for up to 5 yrs. in prison.

HR45:

Gun Owners and NON Gun Owners Watch Out!!!!
Concerning the Blair-Holt proposed legislation: Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that > you have or own. It may require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun. 
In November, our lying president promised he was not going after our Second Amendment rights. This bill was introduced on Feb. 24. This bill will become public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting on it at all.
The full text of the proposed amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage, http://www.senate.gov// You can find the bill by doing a search by the bill number, SB-2099.
You know who to call; I strongly suggest you do. Please send a copy of this e-mail to every gun owner you know.
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h45/text 

Congress is now starting on the firearms confiscation bill. If it passes,  gun owners will become criminals if you don’t fully comply.
It has started.
Very Important for you to be aware of a new bill HR 45 introduced into > the House. This is the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing &  Record of Sale Act of 2009.
Even gun shop owners didn’t know about this because the government is trying to fly it under the radar.

these charges are bogus,this man is to intelligent to do something of this nature.I can’t wait until he is found NOT GUILTY !,this is just another attempt by the government to attack our 2nd amendment rights to own guns.

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