Court records say the man was trying to buy two guns from a vendor, but the vendor recognized the man from a prior sale so he alerted police.
MESA, Ariz. — A man is facing charges after investigators say he tried to use a fake ID to buy firearms at a gun show in Mesa over the weekend. The same man is also the subject of a federal investigation.
“The vendor said that there was a man at their booth trying to purchase a couple of guns with a fake ID," said Mesa PD Det. Richard Encinas. “Once they figured out there was something going on, even recognized him as someone who had possibly been into their store before or purchased something from them, they did the right thing and immediately notified us.”
Bernard Zapor is a retired special agent in charge with ATF and faculty associate at ASU's School of Criminology.“I think they're going to be very concerned about the level of, say, illegal trafficking of firearms, because the purpose for somebody is probably not just obtain one for themselves, but to get in the business of being unlawfully engaged in selling firearms," Zapor said.
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