“In January 2001, a Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent called asking, “Did you own and sell a
particular Browning HP Pistol?”
After checking the computer he
was told, “Yes I did. A...view more“In January 2001, a Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agent called asking, “Did you own and sell a
particular Browning HP Pistol?”
After checking the computer he
was told, “Yes I did. As I remember, the slide action was too stiff
for me and so I sold it. I sold it last
year at a Coconut Grove Gun Show to a
licensed dealer out of Ft. Lauderdale, who had a table.”
“Well,” he said, “you’ll be
interested to know that it was re-sold to two men and woman, who are now on
trial for attempting to run guns over to Northern Ireland.”
That incident prompted this book
Howard X. Geoghegan has written
several books. He lives in Florida.view less