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First Monday Trades Days Gun Sales Investigation Nets 150 Weapons, 2 Arrests
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“They were arrested on charges of dealing firearms without a license, providing firearms to convicted felons and selling handguns to out of state residents,” he said.

The site of the arrest was Canton, Texas.

The suspects were arraigned in Federal Court in Tyler, Texas (Smith County).

Why is there a federal court in a small city like Tyler? IIRC, some politician many years ago had the political
influence to get it sited there. I believe Sherman, Texas has one too, and that's a smallish city on the Red River/OK line.

SIA

surprise_i'm_armed wrote:The site of the arrest was Canton, Texas.

The suspects were arraigned in Federal Court in Tyler, Texas (Smith County).

Why is there a federal court in a small city like Tyler? IIRC, some politician many years ago had the political
influence to get it sited there. I believe Sherman, Texas has one too, and that's a smallish city on the Red River/OK line.

SIA

Tyler is the headquarters of the U. S. District Court,Eastern District of Texas. Other places there are Federal Courts in the Eastern District are Beaumont, Lufkin, Marshall, Plano, Sherman, and Texarkana. Tyler is centrally located in this district so I would guess that's the reason it is the headquarters. None of the cities that have federal courts in the Eastern District are huge megaplexes like Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, or Austin smaller areas are entitled to have access to a Federal judiciary without having to travel hundreds of miles.

MoJo:

Thanks for the additonal information.

SIA

So what is the limit tbat defines selling from a collection to having illegal firearms dealership?
And if you watch rhe video ATF used convicted felons as buyers who informef th seller that he was a convicted felons!

Beiruty wrote:So what is the limit tbat defines selling from a collection to having illegal firearms dealership?
And if you watch rhe video ATF used convicted felons as buyers who informef th seller that he was a convicted felons!

"For profit and livelihood"... at least that's what I heard on the video at that link.

Beiruty wrote: And if you watch rhe video ATF used convicted felons as buyers who informef th seller that he was a convicted felons!

Are you saying the buyer told the seller "I am a convicted felon" and the seller still did the deal?