Arizona man guilty of making ammo sold to Las Vegas shooter

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Arizona man guilty of making ammo sold to Las Vegas shooter

By KEN RITTER
November 19, 2019

LAS VEGAS (AP) — An Arizona man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a U.S. court in Nevada to illegally manufacturing tracer and armor-piercing bullets found in a hotel room where a gunman carried out the Las Vegas Strip massacre two years ago.

Douglas Haig, 57, was not accused of a direct role in the Oct. 1, 2017, shooting that killed 58 people and injured more than 850 at an open-air music festival. Prosecutors never alleged that he had advance knowledge of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

“Doug had no indication whatsoever about Stephen Paddock’s plans,” defense attorney Marc Victor said, invoking the name of the shooter during a prepared statement outside U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. Haig declined to comment.

“Doug was absolutely devastated when he learned of the tragedy” and that he previously sold ammunition to Paddock, Victor said.

Haig acknowledged before U.S. District Judge James Mahan that he had no license to disassemble, remanufacture and reload bullets at his home workshop in Mesa, Arizona. He used the business name Specialized Military Ammunition during sales on the internet and at gun shows around the country.

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[napi21]

1. That's a ris you tae when you sell anythieng on the net. If the item you're selling can be used

to do harm, you have to realize you have no idea who you're selling to, nor if they are going to further sell it to someone else, and what the item(s) will be used for. If Mr. Haig didn't realize that, he should have.

[Crunchy Frog]

2. He sold armor piercing ammo and never thought there might someday be consequences?

[Celerity]

3. neither did he

[Crunchy Frog]

4. Love that video.