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Licensed Gun Dealer Charged with Selling 73 Handguns to Oz Criminals

28 July 2009

Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne)

A hero who rescued a child from a fatal blaze is facing gun possession charges. Simon Tanti, who saved a toddler in a house fire which claimed the lives of her two brothers, will go to trial next year. It was alleged in a Melbourne Magistrates' Court hearing that Mr Tanti — a former prison guard and licensed gun dealer — had sold 73 handguns on the black market. He could be the first licensed gun dealer to face such charges. Mr Tanti pleaded not guilty to four... (GunPolicy.org)

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