SANFORD, Maine (AP) - The U.S. wants to revoke the license of a Maine gun store owner who refused to allow a federal agent to copy records during an inspection last year.
Phil Chabot, owner of Pac N Arms in Sanford, was issued a notice of revocation in February by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
The bureau got a warrant to search Chabot’s store in February. Court records indicate he’s suspected of making illegal “straw sales” - sales through an intermediary - to a convicted felon.
Chabot in a letter to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said the ATF’s review of his records is “a thinly-veiled attempt to create a registry of my clientele.”
Chabot’s lawyer tells the Portland Press Herald (https://bit.ly/1hIEQjZ ) her client hasn’t been charged and she has not seen evidence against him.
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Information from: Portland Press Herald, https://www.pressherald.com
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