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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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