Originally Posted by
justhere
I am curious, though, about the charge of selling the gun. It sounds like he didn't want to buy the case so he just gave the gun to someone who wasn't traveling. If, as stated, he gave it to the janitor for free, how do you charge someone with selling? Is it illegal to give someone a gun? As a gift? I honestly don't know and am interested to find out.
I can say that in the early 70's, I covered a trial in New York State where a man was convicted of selling drugs even though he had just given them away.