Re: Paramedic gets five years in weapon-buying sting

May 18, 2010

I can give some feedback about this area, as having personally worked in that

area before. The problem is that amount of money the city and counties in that

area are willing to pay to have emergency care. They offer no or little money

for subsidy. The services have to regular transfers out of town to Houston,

Galveston, Lufkin, etc. This causes a loss of area units for a long length of

time. It is the fault of the area because of the way they choose to do business.

It is one of the craziest business set ups I have ever seen. I hope that Acadian

will be able to provide better care to the public, due to the poor decisions of

local government and politics.

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> Ron

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May 18, 2010

I hate media reports. Aside from the mainstream media bias against guns

and the media-manufactured myth of U.S guns flooding into Mexico, they

always leave out important facts.

#1. How was the AR15 illegal? The article doesn't say. Was it converted

to full auto? Was the undercover agent trying to sell a full auto AR15

without a Class III permit? If so, that smells of entrapment.

#2. I'd wager that over half of the members of this list have bought

guns from private sellers. Do you check the history of the weapon you

buy in a private sale? Second, how the hell does a gun involved in a

crime wind up back in the marketplace? Shouldn't it be in an evidence

locker somewhere? How the hell do you " trace a gun to a drug cartel

shootout in Guatemala? " Ballistics? If so, why the hell don't the

Guatemalen authorities, DEA, or ATF have the gun, and not Patlan?

This guy may be the world's most notorious gun runner, I don't know. He

could also be an innocent guy who bought a few guns from the wrong people.

Ron Haussecker wrote:

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May 18, 2010

As someone who currently works in this particular area, I would like

to say that yes, our area has its issues. But no, they do not remain

the same throughout time. I don't know how long ago you worked in San

, nor with whom you worked, but every business and every area

has its issues.

Yes, companies send trucks to Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. I'm not

sure which company in particular you're talking of sending trucks out

of area, but mainly I've known private ambulances to do so - not the

city, as your message seems to imply. Specifically, I've known

Acadian, whom you seem to be advocating, to send trucks to Houston,

DFW, Austin, etc (sometimes even sending trucks to Austin an hour

before a shift is supposed to end). This is not to say that Acadian is

a bad company; that's just how those particular shifts played out. I'm

not questioning those decisions. I'm just noting that they were made.

And I would ask that you please be careful with what you say on a

public forum about an area, regardless of whether you work or have

worked with them. Particularly, with this debate. There are many

people who are very passionate about the prospect of Acadian taking

over the city's EMS. And, from what I've heard, the head of operations

in the area has officially said that they are not trying to take over

the EMS, and have no plans to do so.

If there are people who are better informed, I invite them to correct

me, as I'm sure what I've said is imperfect.

And, of course, this email in no way reflects the opinions of anyone

whom I have worked for, anyone whom I presently work for, nor anyone

whom I will work for in the future. This email does not represent the

opinion of Acadian Ambulance Company, nor is meant to be speaking for

them, nor San Fire Department, nor any other company who may

have been in any way associated with anything said herein.

Alyssa Woods, FF/NREMT-B

> I can give some feedback about this area, as having personally

> worked in that area before. The problem is that amount of money the

> city and counties in that area are willing to pay to have emergency

> care. They offer no or little money for subsidy. The services have

> to regular transfers out of town to Houston, Galveston, Lufkin, etc.

> This causes a loss of area units for a long length of time. It is

> the fault of the area because of the way they choose to do business.

> It is one of the craziest business set ups I have ever seen. I hope

> that Acadian will be able to provide better care to the public, due

> to the poor decisions of local government and politics.

>

> >

> > Ron

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May 18, 2010

And what has this to do with the SUBJECT LINE?????

Louis N. Molino, Sr. CET

FF/NREMT/FSI/EMSI

Typed by my fingers on my iPhone.

Please excuse any typos.

(Cell)

LNMolino@...

> As someone who currently works in this particular area, I would like

> to say that yes, our area has its issues. But no, they do not remain

> the same throughout time. I don't know how long ago you worked in San

> , nor with whom you worked, but every business and every area

> has its issues.

>

> Yes, companies send trucks to Houston and Dallas/Fort Worth. I'm not

> sure which company in particular you're talking of sending trucks out

> of area, but mainly I've known private ambulances to do so - not the

> city, as your message seems to imply. Specifically, I've known

> Acadian, whom you seem to be advocating, to send trucks to Houston,

> DFW, Austin, etc (sometimes even sending trucks to Austin an hour

> before a shift is supposed to end). This is not to say that Acadian is

> a bad company; that's just how those particular shifts played out. I'm

> not questioning those decisions. I'm just noting that they were made.

>

> And I would ask that you please be careful with what you say on a

> public forum about an area, regardless of whether you work or have

> worked with them. Particularly, with this debate. There are many

> people who are very passionate about the prospect of Acadian taking

> over the city's EMS. And, from what I've heard, the head of operations

> in the area has officially said that they are not trying to take over

> the EMS, and have no plans to do so.

>

> If there are people who are better informed, I invite them to correct

> me, as I'm sure what I've said is imperfect.

>

> And, of course, this email in no way reflects the opinions of anyone

> whom I have worked for, anyone whom I presently work for, nor anyone

> whom I will work for in the future. This email does not represent the

> opinion of Acadian Ambulance Company, nor is meant to be speaking for

> them, nor San Fire Department, nor any other company who may

> have been in any way associated with anything said herein.

>

> Alyssa Woods, FF/NREMT-B

>

> > I can give some feedback about this area, as having personally

> > worked in that area before. The problem is that amount of money the

> > city and counties in that area are willing to pay to have emergency

> > care. They offer no or little money for subsidy. The services have

> > to regular transfers out of town to Houston, Galveston, Lufkin, etc.

> > This causes a loss of area units for a long length of time. It is

> > the fault of the area because of the way they choose to do business.

> > It is one of the craziest business set ups I have ever seen. I hope

> > that Acadian will be able to provide better care to the public, due

> > to the poor decisions of local government and politics.

> >

> > >

> > > Ron

> > >

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buying_sting_93823419.html

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May 18, 2010

Thoughts from a former federal prosecutor:

1. The defense of entrapment rarely if ever works. True entrapment occurs when

the idea for the crime arises with someone other than the defendant and the

defendant is talked into doing it. Simply providing an opportunity for somebody

to break the law is not entrapment.

Examples: 1. " If you'll buy this AR15 which is illegal from us, you can sell

it to a Mexican or Guatemalan gang. " " But I don't know anybody in a Mexican or

Guatemalan gang, and I don't know anything about guns, and I don't want to buy

one. " " Don't worry, all you have to do is fork over the money and we'll do the

rest. You can make lots of money with this. " Entrapment.

2. " Anybody know where I can get a fully automatic AR15? " " Not right off the

top of my head but I'll see what I can do. " (Phone call to ATF-- " I've got some

bozo who wants a fully automatic AR15 without serial numbers or a license. "

ATF: We'll get an UC agent over there tomorrow. Can you fix us up with the

guy? " ) Not entrapment.

How does a weapon used in a crime wind up in the private market place? Mystery.

Should not happen. How did we know it was used in some shootout in Guatemala?

Simple. We've got agents all over the place in foreign countries working with

the feds there. Maybe the SN was still on it. How did it get out of the ATF?

Simple. They gave it to the UC to sell to the kid.

This guy sounds like a doofus who got caught up in something that was over his

head.

Re: guns headed for Mexico. Here's the scenario. Drug runner leaps the fence

(we build a 12 foot fence, they buy a 14 foot ladder) or put-puts over the

border in an ultralite with the dope, converts it to cash, converts the cash to

guns, then hops back across the border. Happens. Hell, there are places where

they need traffic cops to control the two-way traffic back and forth. It's hard

to buy guns legitimately in Mexico; hence the lure of gun-running into the

country.

De Guatemala a Guatepeor!

GG