Man who sold ammo to Las Vegas shooter charged

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Source: AP

CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Unfired armor-piercing bullets found inside the Las Vegas hotel room where the attack was launched on Oct. 1 contained the fingerprints of ammunition dealer Douglas Haig of Arizona, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Phoenix. It says Haig didn't have a license to manufacture armor-piercing ammunition.

The records don't say if the ammunition was used in the attack. Haig was charged shortly before holding a news conference Friday where he said he didn't notice anything suspicious when he sold 720 rounds of ammunition to Stephen Paddock in the weeks before the attack that killed 58 people.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Ammo-dealer-to-comment-on-experience-with-Las-12545523.php

[gopiscrap]

1. Good, nail that fucker

[Canoe52]

30. but but but, her emails!

[BigmanPigman]

2. Is this their other "person of interest"

and it isn't his girlfriend?

[maxsolomon]

3. HOW DARE THEY TAKE AWAY HIS LIVELIHOOD?

ITS THE GREATEST WITCHHUNT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA.

; throw away the key.

[EX500rider]

4. In this type of attack, ie firing on a crowd of civilians,

hollow points would have been more destructive.
They should still charge him though.

[Upthevibe]

5. K & R................. n/t

[maxsolomon]

11. oh, there you are, Gunner Minutiae!

been wondering when you'd show up.

[Voltaire2]

14. Never fails.

[Hoyt]

27. LMAO.

[IronLionZion]

18. It's time to start profiling people who know these things

[Hoyt]

29. +100000000000000000000. . . . . .

[EX500rider]

32. Yes Lord forbid someone be informed....lol...ignorance rules!

[askyagerz]

21. The fuel tanks....

[EX500rider]

33. You need incendiary rounds for that, ammor piercing will just knock a hole in the tank.

Might go boom if the tank is empty and full of fumes, otherwise you'll just have a hole in the tank where the gas leaks out.

[askyagerz]

35. Yep

Wouldnt tracers have lit it after it was pierced? He tried to get some but the guy didn't have any left. We also dont know what other kind of bullets he failed to get. From what i understand he definitely fired on the tanks but nothing went through.

[Baconator]

37. Mythbusters did this...

It's possible but super rare...

[CanonRay]

6. Give him the max

as a lesson to the other gun humpers

[Calculating]

7. How is this fair?

Would be just like arresting a bar tender because one of his patrons killed someone while driving drunk. As for the armor piercing part, I hope people realize that makes the bullets less deadly vs unarmored targets. Hollow points such as those for hunting would be the best vs unarmored targets.

[Aristus]

8. If the bartender was working at a place which didn't have a liquor license,

he would face some penalties.

[maxsolomon]

10. to start with, bars are held responsible for overserving.

right there in the 2nd paragraph is why it's fair:

It says Haig didn't have a license to manufacture armor-piercing ammunition.

[eggplant]

13. In more than half the states, bartenders CAN be held liable.

https://www.nelsonmacneil.com/blog/can-bartenders-and-bars-be-held-liable-dui-accidents/

[Voltaire2]

15. Seems to be the official talking point.

[askyagerz]

19. He was trying to blow up fuel tanks

I would imagine that's the only reason he had them. He was a gun enthusiast and knew what bullets to use for different purposes

[IronLionZion]

20. They do arrest bartenders for serving visibly intoxicated people

and for not taking away the keys or calling the police.

Who else would you arrest? The killer is dead.

[cp]

9. Good

[randr]

12. Justice at last

[iluvtennis]

16. He looks like a "dressed up" trumpian...

...have no sympathy for him cuz he knew it was illegal to sell ammo of that type.

[llmart]

36. Why do these ugly gun humpers...

always look like they're mad at the entire world because their lives suck and they're ugly??? This dude looks like he has a broomstick stuck up his ass. What a bunch of whack jobs who get their jollies from thinking they're bad asses when they're just douches.

[pansypoo53219]

17. hope victims sue him into poverty.

[hunter]

22. What, hey, who hasn't manufactured armor piercing bullets???

And sold them to a murderous madman.

Shooting is fun!

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[SergeStorms]

23. Good!

One less merchant of death on the planet.

[kimbutgar]

24. Wait for the NRA to fund his defense

You know it’s coming.

[keithbvadu2]

28. Doesn't NRA support enforcing existing laws?

Doesn't NRA support enforcing existing laws?

Here's one they could support.

Along with all other gun rights supporters.

[usaf-vet]

25. Maybe the NRA will donate some of the reported.......

...... Russian money not use in the 2016 elections to his legal defense fund.

[SunSeeker]

31. Good. He's got a lot of blood on his hands.

[NickB79]

34. Armor-piercing, steel-core rifle ammo isn't illegal to buy or own, fyi

This guy's crime was in making and selling it without the proper permits.

He's the ammunition version of a moonshiner.