Private Sale: Odessa Shooter

[kbaxter60]

We may never be told what he actually shot everybody with....

And then we reach the fifth and final stage: acceptance.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

And then we reach the fifth and final stage: acceptance.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Okay, so that is not as bad as I pictured in my mind.

Shootin' Shack, that's good.

Not if the shootin’ shack is where he lived and the house belonged to someone else.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Shooting shack, or shooting gallery....

 

[Kar98]

I wanta see pics of where the guy lived. They keep talking about a tin shack, but never any photos of it.

There was pics. It was indeed a tin shack. Do a Google image search for "Odessa shooter home".

 

[Southpaw]

There was pics. It was indeed a tin shack. Do a Google image search for "Odessa shooter home".

https://www.texasguntalk.com/threads/private-sale-odessa-shooter.93502/page-18#post-1955075

 

[easy rider]

I'm pretty skeptical about the whole thing now. This whole investigation is sketchy. Although funny, I don't believe there was a BOS, so if I guy in Lubbock was manufacturing illegal weapons, how did they trace it to him? First they only identify the rifle as "AR-15 like", and now say he purchased it from a guy in Lubbock. How was it built illegally? If that means stolen parts, how would they trace it? Even a ghost gun wouldn't point to Lubbock.

 

[majormadmax]

Awarded one week in the hole.

Likely this won't be the last time that happens...

 

[V-Tach]

Don't have anything of value to add to thread.........

Just want to be part of the epicness.........

 

[jordanmills]

If the gun was built from an 80% lower there is no SN. Sounds like someone may have been making a few and selling them w/o a license. That's a No-No.

My money is on a prohibited person doing that. Manufacturing and selling firearms without a license.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

How would a weapon created from an 80% lower be tracked back to the builder?
And I'm not talking about the obvious ways such as BOS, etc....

 

[lightflyer1]

Latest headline.

Authorities Raid Lubbock Home Of Person Believed To Have Built, Sold Rifle To Midland-Odessa Shooter

https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/09/04...home-built-sold-rifle-midland-odessa-shooter/

Not much info there though.

 

[Shady]

The first easy answer is text messages saved on the buyers phone. Or if the seller was a known dude selling illegal stuff having his phone number in the buyers cell phone


Facebook marketplace messages or any other online "message" system

How would a weapon created from an 80% lower be tracked back to the builder?
And I'm not talking about the obvious ways such as BOS, etc....

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Maybe I should have asked if the builder could be found just from looking at the gun?

And no, he didn't etch his name or anything into it...

 

[avvidclif]

If you finish a 80% lower and latter on decide to sell it there is no problem. The only problem is if you are making them with the intent to sell them.

And intent can be proved by multiple sales. If the sales are FTF and no paperwork it could be hard to prove unless you are the government. They seem to find witnesses out of the air. Of course if you buy 50 80% lowers and only have 5 in your possession that might be a clue.

 

[Frank59]

Maybe I should have asked if the builder could be found just from looking at the gun?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

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Awesome!

 

[oldag]

Law-enforcement officials suspect the man was buying various gun parts to build his own guns and then reselling them.

 

[Dad_Roman]

Maybe I should have asked if the builder could be found just from looking at the gun?

And no, he didn't etch his name or anything into it...

Well, at least YOU'D GET TO LOOK AT THE GUN....

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Law-enforcement officials suspect the man was buying various gun parts to build his own guns and then reselling them.

Link?