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In late 2007, ATF agents busted suspects who told the agents they had purchased hundreds of weapons from a single dealer: George Iknadosian, who owned a Phoenix gun store called X-Caliber.
As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crime south of border James V. Grimaldi 2010
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In late 2007, ATF agents busted suspects who told the agents they had purchased hundreds of weapons from a single dealer: George Iknadosian, who owned a Phoenix gun store called X-Caliber.
As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crime south of border James V. Grimaldi 2010
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The collection is called the Flandrian range and will launch in April with the Helium, X-Caliber, and Icaraus frame platforms.
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In late 2007, ATF agents busted suspects who told the agents they had purchased hundreds of weapons from a single dealer: George Iknadosian, who owned a Phoenix gun store called X-Caliber.
As Mexico drug violence runs rampant, U.S. guns tied to crime south of border James V. Grimaldi 2010
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But ATF agents here say buyers in the X-Caliber case were paid a fee to run that risk -- up to $100 on each transaction.
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Unlike contraband drugs, which are consumed, contraband guns "remain in circulation until they are captured," says Terry Goddard, the Arizona Attorney General bringing the case against X-Caliber Guns.
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Several weapons linked to the crime traced back to X-Caliber Guns.
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Authorities also relentlessly publicized the link between X-Caliber and Mexican drug cartels by claiming weapons purchased in Mr. Iknadosian's store had been recovered at Mexican crime scenes.
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X-Caliber Guns LLC, is accused of knowingly selling hundreds of weapons, mostly AK-47s, to buyers who were posing as fronts for Mexican drug gangs.
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Although U.S. gun laws generally forbid the sale of weapons to noncitizens, the X-Caliber case shows how Mexican purchasers used intermediaries -- or "straw buyers" -- to flout the rules.
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