ONE OF AMERICA'S WORST GUN DEALERS
FINALLY SHUTTERED BY THE FEDS;
BILLS IN CONGRESS WOULD HAVE KEPT LOU'S OPEN

NEW BRADY REPORT EXPOSES PHILADELPHIA AREA GUN DEALER'S 20-YEAR HISTORY OF SUPPLYING GUNS TO TRAFFICKERS AND CRIMINALS

Washington, D.C. (8/5/06) - A new report by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence reveals how Philadelphia-area gun dealer Lou's Jewelry and Loan sold guns used in crime for over two decades, and repeatedly sold guns to gun traffickers and their straw purchasers, yet its gun business was not shut down by federal law enforcement authorities until this summer, when the ATF announced that it had found that Lou's had committed "numerous and egregious violations of the Gun Control Act."

• Download the report "Lethal Lou's"
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