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ATF Sting: Instagram Lead, a Toaster Pastry Box, and 54 Unregistered Conversion Devices

Federal agents say the second sale arrived in a toaster pastry box. Fifty small conversion devices. Three hundred dollars. That works out to six bucks apiece for parts the law treats as machine guns the moment they exist. The buyer was an undercover ATF agent. The seller, according to a Sept. 3 criminal complaint in […]

Arizona Gun Dealer Faces Terrorism Charges in ATF Sting Operation

In a story that’s raising eyebrows across the Southwest, a 65-year-old gun dealer in southern Arizona now faces serious federal terrorism-related charges. Laurence Gray, owner of Grips by Larry in the Hereford-Palominas area near the U.S.-Mexico border, was slapped with a superseding indictment on March 17, 2025. Prosecutors say he attempted to provide material support […]